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Many local authorities collect details of where the renewable energy sites are within their jurisdiction. Although other parties purport to have such lists, we would like to collate what local authorities believe to be the definitive sites and data.
This dataset captures any data that pertains to locations of safety equipment and features. Initially, this will include water safety features (like life buoys and river access) and defibrillator locations. More will can be added as and when needed. The should be made as OWPAs in your gazetteer....
Scottish councils usually divide towns and country areas into catchments and children living in a catchment area will usually go to the same local school. Domestic properties typically have a catchment area for each of their local: - primary non-denominational (PN), - secondary non-denominational...
Under Section 18 of the Clean Air Act 1993, many parts of Scotland are Smoke Control Areas. If you live in a smoke control area it is an offence to produce smoke from a chimney of a building, or a chimney of any fixed boiler or industrial plant, unless you're burning an authorised fuel or using...
In November 2004, Audit Scotland published a document entitled "Maintaining Scotland's Roads", effectively introducing a requirement on local authorities in Scotland to produce a Roads Asset Management Plan (RAMP). Following this publication, The Society of Chief Officers for Transportation in...
All local authorities must create a spatial framework assessment of land that is suitable for wind turbines. Scottish Planning Policy specifies that the land should be categorised as 1, 2 or 3. We are now attempting to pull all of that land into a nation polygon dataset.
Town centres are defined by local authorities to meet the requirement of Scottish Planning Policy (paragraph 61) to identify town centres and other retail locations as part of a network of centres to support retail type development in the most appropriate locations. This forms part of the...
Whilst TPOs are a legal requirement they may not always be digitised accurately. Users of this data should not assume this data is totally accurate and should consult the specific local authority for more detail before making any decisions A TPO is made by the Local Authority, under...
The Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey is a national data collection undertaken to establish the extent and state of vacant and derelict land in Scotland. The survey has been operating since 1988. This survey is associated with the Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Fund, under which cash...