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Local landscape areas (2024) planning - open data

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In many places in Scotland, the scenery is highly valued locally. Local authorities often give these landscapes a local designation.

Local Landscape Area (LLA), following Scottish Government policy, is the name used for the local landscape designation. Previous names include Special Landscape Area and Area of Great Landscape Value.

All local landscape designations:
  • help to protect a landscape from inappropriate development
  • may encourage positive landscape management
  • play an important role in developing an awareness of the landscape qualities that make particular areas distinctive
  • promote a community’s sense of pride in its surroundings  
Local landscape designations occur across Scotland. Local development plans show their location (and associated policy).

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