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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 the Local Nature Conservation Sites Working Group, published guidance ( https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/local-designations/local-nature-conservation-sites) 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.
Four LAs are still to confirm and digitise their LNCSs.
Default
Identification info
- Alternative title
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lnatcs
- Metadata Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Dataset Reference Date (Revision)
- 2024-11-04
- Identifier
- www.spatialhub.scot / sh_lnatcs
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
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- Limitations on Public Access
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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No limitations on public access
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Topic category
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- Environment
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Temporal reference
Temporal extent
Temporal extent
Distribution Information
Data format
- Data format
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Name Version OGC:WMC
1.3.0
Transfer options
- Resource Locator
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Protocol Resource Locator Name WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://data.spatialhub.scot/dataset/local_nature_conservation_sites-is Local Nature Conservation Sites - Scotland
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/ Edina Digimap
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
https://www.nature.scot/sites/default/files/2017-07/Publication%202006%20-%20Guidance%20on%20Establishing%20and%20Managing%20Local%20Nature%20Conservation%20Site%20Systems%20in%20Scotland.pdf Guidance on Establishing and Managing LNCSs
Data quality info
- Quality Scope
- Dataset
- Statement
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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. spatialhub@improvementservice.org Please contact spatialhub@improvementservice.org.uk for more details.
Metadata
- File identifier
- fcee8e90-a108-492d-8aab-ca07704c171f XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-09-05T10:59:06
- Metadata standard name
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UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
Point of contact
- Organisation name
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The Improvement Service
- Position name
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Spatial Hub Custodian
- Voice
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01506 282012
- City
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Livingston
- Administrative area
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West Lothian
- Postal code
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EH54 6AX
- Country
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United Kingdom
- Electronic mail address
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spatialhub@improvementservice.org spatialhub@improvementservice.org.uk
- Role
- Point of contact