Identification

Title

Wind Farm - Zones of Natural Heritage Sensitivity - Current

Alternative title(s)

Strategic Locational Guidance for onshore windfarms

Abstract

This dataset provides an overview of the natural heritage sensitivity to wind farms. It identifies land with the greatest opportunity for wind farm development in natural heritage terms, and areas where natural heritage sensitivities indicate a medium or high level of constraint. The intermediate levels (Zone 3 high sensitivity - wild land search areas (hatched) and Zone 2 medium sensitivity (hatched)) indicate that the sensitivity does not apply to the entirety of that area, but only to a proportion. Zone 1 - lowest natural heritage sensitivity; Zone 2 - medium natural heritage sensitivity; Zone 3 - high natural heritage sensitivity. Further information can be found in the Strategic Locational Guidance for Onshore Wind Farms in respect of the Natural Heritage Policy Statement. This dataset was generated from the original vector data displayed in Map 5 available http://www.snh.gov.uk/planning-and-development/renewable-energy/onshore-wind/

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://gateway.snh.gov.uk/natural-spaces/datasets/ZNHS

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

name:

description:

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

ZNHS

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

EPSG

code identifying the spatial reference system

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Nature conservation , Windfarms

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2006-05-17

Keyword set

keyword value

Energy resources

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-9.06750350058733

East bounding longitude

0.08384083110204843

North bounding latitude

61.3313572948586

South bounding latitude

54.3638324061048

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-20

date type

revision

effective date

2013-08-09

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

The dataset is a derived from the following: Areas of Great Landscape Value Historic Garden & Designed Landscapes Land Cover Scotland 1988 Local Landscape Designations National Parks National Scenic Areas Natura Regional Parks Sensitive Bird Areas Sensitve Peatland Areas SNH Wild Land Search Areas SSSI 'Band' reference 1 - Zone 3 high sensitivity 2 - Zone 3 high sensitivity - wild land search areas (hatched) 3 - Zone 2 medium sensitivity 4 - Zone 2 medium sensitivity (hatched) 5 - Zone 1 low sensitivity Zone3 high sensitivity is derived from: National Scenic Areas Natura SPA SSSI Peatland & Coastal Zone 3 high sensitivity - wild land search areas (hatched) is derived from: SNH Wild Land Search Area Zone 2 medium sensitivity is derived from: Highland Areas of Great Landscape Value Historic Garden & Designed Landscapes Land Cover Scotland Local Landscape Designations National Parks Regional Park SSSI Zone 2 medium sensitivity (hatched) is derived from: Sensitive bird species Buffer of National Scenic Areas Sensitive peatland areas Zone 1 low sensitivity is derived from: An OS base layer

Conformity

Data format

name of format

ESRI Shapefile

version of format

1.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

no use limitation

Limitations on public access

Available under the terms of the Public Sector (Scotland) End User Licence. Guidance on copyright statements, logos, acknowledgements: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/docs/support/ordnance-survey-style-guide-for-third-parties.pdf

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Data Supply Officer

organisation name

Scottish Natural Heritage

full postal address

telephone number

facsimile number

email address

data_supply@snh.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Data Supply Officer

organisation name

Scottish Natural Heritage

email address

data_supply@snh.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2017-11-02

Metadata language