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The Improvement Service
Spatial Hub Custodian
01506 282012
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 6AX
United Kingdom
spatialhub@improvementservice.org.uk
2024-01-24T14:51:36
UK GEMINI
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Local Nature Conservation Sites - Scotland
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2024-01-24
sh_lnatcs
www.spatialhub.scot
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.
The Improvement Service
Spatial Hub Custodian
01506 282012
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 6AX
United Kingdom
spatialhub@improvementservice.org.uk
Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
2008-06-01
geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme
No limitations on public access
Open Government Licence
English
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https://data.spatialhub.scot/dataset/local_nature_conservation_sites-is
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Local Nature Conservation Sites - Scotland
A link to the CKAN metadata record on the Spatial Hub. A direct link to the OGC Web Feature Service and Web Map Service is available here.
https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
Edina Digimap
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
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Guidance on Establishing and Managing LNCSs
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
2010-12-08
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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.