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Countryside Around Towns (CAT)(Moray)
The five main towns of Elgin, Forres, Buckie, Keith and Lossiemouth are subject to the highest development pressures and Countryside Around Towns (CAT’s) have been designated to... -
Low Emission Zones - Scotland
Low Emission Zones (LEZs) are designed to improve air quality and were introduced across Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Planning continues at a national and local... -
Local Development Plan: Development Road Actions - Argyll and Bute
Action identified in the Argyll and Bute adopted Local Development Plan 2015 in support of its settlement plans and proposals involving safeguarding measures, feasibility... -
Local Development Plan: Allocations - Argyll and Bute
A site proposed in the Argyll and Bute adopted Local Development Plan 2015 for specified development purposes which can be expected to be commenced or delivered within the plan-... -
Alcohol Prohibition Areas - Moray
Alcohol Prohibition Areas (Moray) in relation to Byelaws Prohibiting the Consumption of Alcohol in Designated Public Places. -
Scottish Government Planning View Service (WFS)
This download service provides spatial datasets relating to the planning system in Scotland published by the Scottish Government. -
Area Management - Areas where fishing of RAZOR CLAMS / RAZORFISH (Ensis...
Fishing for razor clams (Ensis spp.) within the Scottish zone is prohibited. For a trial period, the Scottish Government will authorise (under Article 43 of EC Regulation No.... -
Area Management - Norway Lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) - Functional Units
Nephrops distribution is limited by the extent of suitable muddy sediment in which animals construct burrows. Nephrops are assessed across Europe as individual stocks in 34... -
Area Management - Ports and harbours - Statutory harbour limit boundaries
Indicative polygons showing the statutory limits of harbour authorities around Scotland, including competent harbour authorities with responsibilities under the Pilotage Act... -
Area Management - Marine conservation orders (MCOs) and fisheries orders in...
Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are designated under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 or the UK Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. They have to be managed in a... -
Administrative Units - Scottish Marine Regions (SMRs)
The Scottish Marine Regions are 11 areas established for the purposes of regional marine planning, defined by The Scottish Marine Regions Order 2015. These regions are sub-areas... -
Area management - dredge spoil deposit sites (open, closed, and disused)
Locations of licensed dredge spoil deposit sites in Scotland, indicated by polygons. The spoil is usually as a result of navigational dredging (deepening of navigation channels)... -
Area management - areas where commercial fishing is prohibited or restricted...
Fishing pressures can be managed using spatial measures such as prohibiting or restricting certain types of fishing, target species, or vessel capacity. This dataset depicts... -
Area Management - Standing approvals for use of chemical dispersants in...
Areas where standing approvals permit the application of a limited quantity of chemical dispersants, without the permission of Marine Scotland, to respond to an oil spill. Two... -
Aquaculture - Guidance on the Location of Marine Fish Farms
Category 1, 2 and 3 areas are designated on the basis of Marine Scotland predictive models to estimate environmental sensitivity of sea lochs. The maps describe the Category 1,... -
Area Management - Salmon Stock Assessment Areas
Salmon Stock Assessment Areas boundaries, used by Scottish Government Marine Scotland to demarcate rivers where salmon stocks are assessed under the Salmon Conservation... -
Area Management - Salmon Fishery Districts
Salmon Fishery District boundaries, used by Scottish Government Marine Scotland for reporting annual salmon catch statistics (which are obtained from salmon catch returns made... -
Area Management - Marine Licensing - Areas where approval is needed to...
The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Scottish Offshore Region) Order 2011 requires that no deposit of marine chemical and marine oil treatment substances is made in an... -
Area Management - Several and Regulatory Orders for Shellfish under section...
Regulating and Several Orders are granted by the Scottish Ministers under the terms of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 (the 1967 Act), as amended, in respect of the... -
Area management - King scallop assessment areas in Scotland
For the purposes of Marine Scotland Science’s (MSS) stock assessments, the king scallop (Pecten maximus) grounds around Scotland are divided into assessment areas (previously...