Data Insights: Environmental, Historic & Flood data Scotland
OVERVIEW:
LandHawk’s data offering has been updated to include priority criteria for site suitability analysis in respect of Scottish Planning Policy. These Scotland data primarily include Environmental, Historic and Flood data.
WHAT DATASETS HAVE BEEN ADDED / UPDATED?
● Carbon and Peatland (Scotland) (Total: 439,659)
● Coastal Erosion (Scotland) (Total: 68,522)
● Dedicated Woodland (Scotland) (Total: 245)
● Forest Recreation Areas (Scotland) (Total: 609)
● Forest Recreation Points (Scotland) (Total: 17,307)
● Forest Recreation Routes (Scotland) (Total: 1,323)
● Greenbelt (Scotland) (Total: 118)
● Land Capability for Agriculture (Scotland) (Total: 18,989)
● Landfill Sites (Scotland) (Total: 2,018)
● National Park (Scotland) (Total: 2)
● National Scenic Areas (Scotland) (Total: 40)
● Wild Land Areas (Scotland) (Total: 42)
● Flood Zone1 Low Risk Coastal Areas (Scotland)
● Flood Zone1 Low Risk River Areas (Scotland)
● Flood Zone1 Low Risk SurfaceWater Areas (Scotland)
● Flood Zone2 Medium Risk Coastal Areas (Scotland)
● Flood Zone2 Medium Risk River Areas (Scotland)
● Flood Zone2 Medium Risk SurfaceWater Areas (Scotland)
WHY HAVE THESE SCOTLAND DATA BEEN ADDED?
These data have been added to SiteFinder following requests from LandHawk users who wish to extend their site search and analysis to Scotland. Users are now able to search against the Registers of Scotland INSPIRE polygons, use the same risk analysis process as per England & Wales, and save suitable parcels as site cards in their Workspace projects.
Additional datasets have been added to provide equivalent data for the existing layers accessible for England and Wales.
In general, these data will significantly increase LandHawk’s overall coverage across Scotland and, by extension, our customers’ ability to run more extensive and intelligent site suitability analysis.
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
As with most datasets accessed through LandHawk, all users will have full access to these new Scottish data.
The data will be of particular interest to those working on development projects including housing, renewable energy sites or infrastructure projects across Scotland.
HOW DO THESE UPDATES AFFECT EXISTING DATA?
When adding these data to the system, we also cleaned and improved all existing Scottish data including:
Ancient Woodland (Scotland)
Bare Peat from Remote Sensing (Scotland)
Biogenic Reserves (Scotland)
Biospheric Reserves (Scotland)
Local Nature Reserve (Scotland)
Marine Consultation Areas (Scotland)
Marine Protected Areas (Scotland)
National Nature Reserve (Scotland)
National Vegetation Classification (Scotland)
Native Woodland Survey (Scotland)
Nature Conservation Orders (Scotland)
Ramsar Site (Scotland)
Site of Special Scientific Interest (Scotland)
Special Area of Conservation (Scotland)
Special Areas of Hill Land (Scotland)
Special Protection Area (Scotland)
Conservation Areas (Scotland)
Gardens and Designed Landscapes (Scotland)
Historic Land Use Assessment (Scotland)
Listed Building Area (Scotland)
Listed Building (Scotland)
Properties in Care (Scotland)
Registered Battlefields (Scotland)
Scheduled Monument (Scotland)
World Heritage Sites (Scotland)
HOW OFTEN ARE THE DATA UPDATED?
Our Scottish data are updated on LandHawk monthly.
To learn more about how these data were created, or to explore how we might create bespoke geospatial datasets for you, please contact geospatialdata@landhawk.uk