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. Scottish Natural Heritage, on behalf of the Local Nature Conservation Sites Working Group, published guidance (http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/protected-areas/local-designations/local-nature-conservation/) for local authorities on the establishment and management of LNCS systems in Scotland.

One of the LNCS working group's recommendations was that all local authorities should adopt the LNCS name in place of the many different local names. However, many councils still use alternative names for these sites such as Local Biodiversity Sites, Local Wildlife Sites, Local Geodiversity Sites and Sites of Interest for Nature Conservation. We have merged these all into this national dataset.

Several LAs are still to confirm and digitise their LNCSs.

 
Citation proposal
. Local Nature Conservation Sites - Scotland. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/fcee8e90-a108-492d-8aab-ca07704c171f

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Alternate title
lnatcs
Date ( Revision )
2020-03-05
Identifier
www.spatialhub.scot / sh_lnatcs

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Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Limitations on public access
Use limitation
Use of the data is available to any organisation that is a member of the OSMA (One Scotland Mapping Agreement) or any UK academic institution via Edina's subscription Digimap service. It is not currently commercially available.
Metadata language
eng English
Topic category
  • Environment
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Reference system identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4258
Reference system identifier
EPSG / OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700) / 7.9
Reference system identifier
EPSG / ETRS89 (EPSG:4258) / 7.9
Reference system identifier
EPSG / WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator (EPSG:3857) / 7.9
Distribution format
  • OGC:WMC (1.3.0 )

OnLine resource
http://www.spatialhub.scot/get-data/  
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Statement

This dataset was amalgamated, optimised and published by the Spatial hub.

The following quality assurance checks and corrections are carried out on the data:

- Polygons are dissolved/ aggregated by key name and local authority.

- The minimum polygon area allowed in the data is 25 square meters

- Checks for invalid geometry types

- The maximum angle for any spikes is 3 degrees

- Any duplicate geometry is removed from the data

- Polygons with no key names are not removed

Please contact spatialhub@improvementservice.org.uk for more details.

Metadata

File identifier
fcee8e90-a108-492d-8aab-ca07704c171f   XML
Metadata language
eng English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2020-03-05
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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