Identification

Title

Local Authority Areas - Scotland

Alternative title(s)

Council Areas

las

Abstract

Local government in Scotland comprises 32 unitary local authorities, which are responsible for the provision of a range of public services such as education, licensing regulations, social care, transport and waste management. The current authority boundaries are largely a result of reorganization that took place in 1996, following the enactment of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 which abolished the two tier structure of regions and districts. The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for recommendations on the definition of local authority boundaries, however, the definitive dataset is delineated by Ordnance Survey for inclusion in their BoundaryLine product.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html

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

name: OS OpenData Supply

description: Download via OS OpenData

https://geo.spatialhub.scot/geoserver/sh_las/wms?service=wms&authkey=b85aa063-d598-4582-8e45-e7e6048718fc

protocol: OGC:WMS

name: pub_las

description: View Service via Improvement Service Spatial Hub

https://geo.spatialhub.scot/geoserver/sh_las/wfs?authkey=b85aa063-d598-4582-8e45-e7e6048718fc

protocol: OGC:WFS

name: pub_las

description: Download Service via Improvement Service Spatial Hub

Unique resource identifier

code

OS_BL_ScottishLocalAuthority

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

boundaries

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Administrative units

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

local authority

local government

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.80

East bounding longitude

-0.71

North bounding latitude

60.87

South bounding latitude

54.63

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2007-12-13

code identifying the extent

GB-SCT

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1996-04-01

date type

revision

effective date

2019-04-01

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviewing and making recommendations to Scottish Ministers for local authority boundaries in Scotland. Recommendations that are accepted by Ministers are enacted by statutory instrument and passed to Ordnance Survey for inclusion in their BoundaryLine product. Local Authority boundaries were originally defined according to Schedule 1 of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994. Since their formation in 1996, there have been a number of amendments following formal administrative area reviews. These are as follows: Effective 2002-06-01 (SSI 2002/155-157): • Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire at Ardoch Sewage Works • Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire at Blackburn • Glasgow City and Renfrewshire at Braehead • City of Edinburgh and West Lothian at West Farm, Broxburn Effective 2010-04-01 (SSI 2009/368, 442): • Glasgow City and North Lanarkshire at Cardowan, by Stepps • Angus and Dundee City at Fithiebank Effective 2011-04-01 (SSI 2010/353): • East Dunbartonshire and Glasgow City at Princes Gate and Greenacres, by Robroyston Effective 2018-02-02 (SSI 2017/430): • Fife and Perth and Kinross at Keltybridge and Fife Envirnonmental Energy Park, Westfield Effective 2019-04-01 (SSI 2018/308): • Glasgow City and North Lanarkshire at Cardowan by Stepps With regards to the seaward extent of a local authority, this normally ends at the low water mark. In a small number of cases, a local government area has been extended by legislation around a port or harbour into the surrounding sea beyond the low water mark. The largest of these is Yell Sound in the Shetland Islands, and there are also substantial extensions at Aberdeen and Greenock.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

Data format

name of format

ESRI Shapefile

version of format

1.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

The following attribution statement must be used to acknowledge the source of the information: Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year)

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland

full postal address

Thistle House, 91 Haymarket Terrace

Edinburgh

EH12 5HD

United Kingdom

email address

lgbcs@scottishboundaries.gov.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

Customer Services

organisation name

Ordnance Survey

full postal address

Explorer House, Adanac Drive

Southampton

SO16 0AS

United Kingdom

email address

customerservices@os.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

contact position

Spatial Hub Custodian

organisation name

The Improvement Service

full postal address

iHub, Quarrywood Ct

Livingston, West Lothian

EH54 6AX

United Kingdom

email address

spatialhub@improvementservice.org.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland

full postal address

Thistle House, 91 Haymarket Terrace

Edinburgh

EH12 5HD

United Kingdom

email address

lgbcs@scottishboundaries.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-10-25T12:51:57

Metadata language