Open Government Licence (OGL)

Onshore oil and gas licensing powers were devolved to Scottish Ministers on 9 February 2018.  Onshore includes the marine area within territorial baselines. This layers shows onshore hydrocarbon licences.

Onshore oil and gas licensing powers were devolved to Scottish Ministers on 9 February 2018.  Onshore includes the marine area within territorial baselines. This layers shows onshore hydrocarbon fields.

In 2004 there were 73 National Nature Reserves in Scotland, as per the list below. However, following a review of NNR policy that took account of the availability of other designations conferring legal protection, such as site of special scientific interest, special protection area and special area of conservation, Scottish Natural Heritage together with other reserve management organisations (sometimes referred to as 'approved bodies') started re-shaping the Scotland's National Nature Reserve series. This process continues today (2013). From late 2012, governance of the NNR designation in Scotland is through a partnership group, comprising representatives of existing reserve management organisations and community land groups, chaired by Scottish Natural Heritage. Scottish Natural Heritage is still responsible for the formal/ legal declaration of NNR. This particular dataset contains coastal sites only

Scotland's Beach Award is the benchmark for quality, celebrating clean, well managed and sustainable beaches. Awarded beaches demonstrate excellent beach management and environmental best practice, and the maintenance of high standards.

This layer shows the approximate location of the beaches based on the list provided by Keep Scotland Beautiful.  For designated bathing waters, the bathing waters ID is included.