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Local Landscape Areas - North Lanarkshire Edit

There are many areas where the scenery is highly valued locally and local authorities often give these landscapes a local designation. This is to ensure that the landscape is not damaged by inappropriate development, and in some cases encourage positive landscape management. These designations play an important role in developing an awareness of the landscape qualities that make particular areas distinctive and promote a community's sense of pride in their surroundings.

The names used for such Local Landscape Areas currently vary from one local authority to another. For example, they are termed 'Areas of Great Landscape Value' in Moray, 'Special Landscape Areas' in Dumfries and Galloway, and 'Sensitive Landscape Character Areas' in Ayrshire. Guidance published by NatureScot and Historic Environment Scotland (see below) suggests the name be standardised to Local Landscape Areas (LLA) now. LLAs complement the National Scenic Area designation, which identifies those landscapes that are seen as nationally important owing to their unsurpassed scenery. https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/local-designations/local-landscape-areas

Site name and Website URL (for more information) are now mandatory attributes for this dataset.

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License UK Open Government Licence v3.0
Category Elections / Politics, Food and Environment
Maintainer North Lanarkshire Council
Date Created 2016-05-24
Date Updated 2022-10-27
Original dataset link https://data.spatialhub.scot/dataset/local_landscape_designation-nl