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Landscape Character Assessment 2019 (Scotland)
What this layer shows
NatureScot's Landscape Character Assessment 2019: Scotland divided into landscape character types at 1:50,000 scale, prepared with Forestry Commission Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland and every local authority. The usual starting point of a landscape and visual assessment; the link opens NatureScot's description of each type.
Publisher and licence
© SNH, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (2021). Open Government Licence v3.0
Where the data comes from
WFS · ogc.nature.scot
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Facts shown for each feature
Reference · Total area (ha)
In these presets
Renewables screening
The constraints a wind or solar scheme is screened against in Scotland and northern England: carbon-rich soils and deep peat, wild land, National Scenic Areas, the statutory designations and ancient woodland. A screening map, not a decision: NPF4 gives several of these explicit weight, and the rest is casework.
Landscape character
What the landscape is, before what is protected: character areas, LANDMAP, wild land and the scenic designations.