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Town Centres - Scotland
Town centres and other retail centres are defined by local authorities to meet the requirement of Scottish Planning Policy (paragraph 61) to identify town centres and other... -
Gritting Routes - Scotland
Each local authority creates gritting routes and regimes to keep their most important roads (and in some cases footpaths) and networks clear come bad winter weather. Most LAs... -
Local Nature Conservation Sites - Scotland
Local nature conservation sites (LNCS) is a non-statutory designation given by local authorities to areas of locally important nature and landscapes. NatureScot, on behalf of... -
Local Landscape Areas - Scotland
There are many areas where the scenery is highly valued locally and local authorities often give these landscapes a local designation. This is to ensure that the landscape is... -
Contaminated Land (Confirmed) - Scotland
Land is legally defined as 'contaminated' where substances are causing or could cause significant harm to people, property or protected species as well as causing significant... -
Smoke Control Areas - Scotland
Under Section 18 of the Clean Air Act 1993, many parts of Scotland are declared Smoke Control Areas by the relevant local authority. If you live in a smoke control area it is an... -
Forestry and Woodland Strategies - Scotland
These strategies are a requirement that has now been added into the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act.... -
Air Quality Management Areas - Scotland
Local Authorities have a duty to designate any relevant areas where the air quality objectives are not (or are unlikely to be) being met as Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs).... -
Employment Land Supply - Scotland
Scottish Planning Policy sets out the Scottish Government's policies in relation to economic development in Scotland. An Employment Land Audit is produced to monitor the supply,... -
Wind Turbine Spatial Framework - Scotland
This dataset contains areas classified by their suitability for onshore wind turbine development, falling into one of three groups: Group 1: Areas where wind farms will not be... -
Woodland Carbon Code Projects
The Woodland Carbon Code (www.woodlandcarboncode.org.uk) is the standard for UK woodland creation projects where carbon is accounted for. It is managed by the Forestry... -
Wind Turbines - Scotland
This point dataset represents every known (and/ or applied for) wind turbine over 15m (to turbine tip) in the country. It includes details (where known) of planning reference,... -
Site of Special Scientific Interest (Scotland)
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) are those areas of land and water (to the seaward limits of local authority areas or MLWS) that Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)... -
Alcohol Prohibition Areas - Scotland
Local authorities have the power to make by-laws to prohibit the drinking of alcohol in designated public places under provisions contained in the Local Government (Scotland)... -
Article 4 Directions - Scotland
An Article 4 Direction is a statement made under The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011. The Direction, made by a local... -
Aberdeen Local Development Plan 2023
Comprises most of the spatial layers used to create the Aberdeen Local Development Plan 2023. The following datasets are excluded as they are not owned by Aberdeen City Council.... -
Nature30 Site Boundaries
Nature30 sites are a form of Other Effective area-based Conservation Measure (OECM), and are a non-statutory, bottom-up approach to conserving land to benefit biodiversity.... -
NatureScot Protected Areas WFS
This WFS provides feature access to the data about the various designated sites (protected areas) in Scotland. -
NatureScot Protected Areas WMS
This interactive map service contains the various categories of protected areas and sites in Scotland. -
FGS WIG Woodland Grazing Management Plan
This option aims to provide support for a specialist to prepare a Woodland Grazing Management Plan as per the Woodland Grazing Toolbox. This plan is designed to support the...