Stirling Council
Local authority for the Stirling Council areaLocal nature conservation sites - open data Edit
Local nature conservation sites (LNCS) is a non-statutory designation given by local authorities to areas of locally important nature and landscapes. NatureScot, on behalf of the Local Nature Conservation Sites Working Group, published guidance (https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/local-designations/local-nature-conservation-sites) for local authorities on the establishment and management of LNCS systems in Scotland.
One of the LNCS working group's recommendations was that all local authorities should adopt the LNCS name in place of the many different local names. However, many councils still use alternative names for these sites such as Local Biodiversity Sites, Local Wildlife Sites, Local Geodiversity Sites and Sites of Interest for Nature Conservation. We have merged these all into this national dataset.
Stirling Council has now designated 14 LNCS within the Stirling Local Development Plan area, with a further 94 sites currently identified as provisional (p)LNCS.
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Additional Info
| License | UK Open Government Licence v3.0 |
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| Category | Council and Government, Food and Environment, Planning and Development, Sport and Leisure |
| Maintainer | Stirling Council |
| Date Created | 2025-03-13 |
| Date Updated | 2025-03-13 |
| Original dataset link | https://data-stirling-council.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/stirling-council::local-nature-conservation-sites-open-data |