Identification

Title

Local Landscape Areas - Scotland

Alternative title(s)

llandd

Abstract

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 not damaged by inappropriate development, and in some cases encourage positive landscape management. These designations play an important role in developing an awareness of the landscape qualities that make particular areas distinctive and promote a community's sense of pride in their surroundings. The names used for such Local Landscape Areas currently vary from one local authority to another. For example, they are termed 'Areas of Great Landscape Value' in Moray, 'Special Landscape Areas' in Dumfries and Galloway, and 'Sensitive Landscape Character Areas' in Ayrshire. Guidance published by Scottish Natural Heritage and Historic Scotland (see below) suggests the name be standardised to Local Landscape Areas (LLA) now. LLAs complement the National Scenic Area designation, which identifies those landscapes that are seen as nationally important owing to their unsurpassed scenery. http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/protected-areas/local-designations/local-landscape-areas/

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://www.spatialhub.scot/get-data/

https://www.spatialdata.gov.scot:443/geonetwork/srv/api/records/ea8906a7-ed3e-4f1c-8c79-c8ff68a2f3d2/formatters/xml

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: EDINA Digimap Service

description: EDINA Digimap Service

Unique resource identifier

code

sh_llandd

codeSpace

www.spatialhub.scot

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

EPSG

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4258

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units

Protected sites

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.02985

East bounding longitude

0.32254

North bounding latitude

60.74784

South bounding latitude

54.38113

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2020-01-23

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

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 allows 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 - Checks for basic geometry i.e. self-intersection Please contact spatialhub@improvementservice.org.uk for more details.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

OGC:WMC

version of format

1.3.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Use constraints

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.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Spatial Hub Custodian

organisation name

The Improvement Service

full postal address

Livingston

EH54 6AX

United Kingdom

telephone number

01506 282012

email address

spatialhub@improvementservice.org.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact