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view_sg_environmentallysensitiveareas
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Projected
GCS_OSGB_1936
Linear Unit: Meter (1.000000)
British_National_Grid
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INSPIRE
89a2f20f-8592-4e8c-b6ad-34cf2d4fad06
dataset
Scottish Government
Geospatial Team
Victoria Quay
City of Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
GIS@gov.scot
GB
Scotland
https://www.gov.scot/
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
Scottish Government
GIS Analyst
20260313
ArcGIS Metadata
1.0
WMS
1.3.0
WFS
2.0.0
ESRI REST
1.0
OGC Features API
1.0
https://maps.data.gov.scot/arcgis/services/EnvironmentallySensitiveAreas/MapServer/WMSServer?
OGC:WMS
EnvironmentallySensitiveAreas
OGC View Service
https://maps.data.gov.scot/arcgis/services/EnvironmentallySensitiveAreas/MapServer/WFSServer?
OGC:WFS
EnvironmentallySensitiveAreas
OGC Download Service
https://maps.data.gov.scot/arcgis/rest/services/EnvironmentallySensitiveAreas/MapServer/0
ESRI:REST
Environmentally Sensitive Areas
ESRI REST Service
https://maps.data.gov.scot/arcgis/rest/services/EnvironmentallySensitiveAreas/OGCFeatureServer/0
OGC-API Features
EnvironmentallySensitiveAreas
OGC Features API
https://maps.data.gov.scot/shapefiles/SG_EnvironmentallySensitiveAreas_1996-01-01.zip
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
ESRI Shapefile Download
ESRI Shapefile
1.0
Environmentally Sensitive Areas - Scotland
ESA
1996-01-01T00:00:00
SG_EnvironmentallySensitiveAreas
Scottish Government
Geospatial Team
Victoria Quay
City of Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
GIS@gov.scot
GB
Scotland
https://www.gov.scot/
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
GIS Analyst
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs) </SPAN><SPAN>were identified as</SPAN><SPAN> areas of the countryside where the landscape, wildlife or historic interest is of national importance and where these environmental features can be affected by farming operations. Features such as hedges, walls, ditches, field barns, hay meadows, heather moorland and river valley grasslands have been created by traditional farming methods over hundreds of years and are highly valued, both for their scenic beauty and for the habitats they provide for plants and wildlife. The ESA Scheme was designed to promote agriculture practices which have helped create these distinctive landscapes and have contributed to the maintenance of wildlife habitats or historic features. Introduced in 1987, the scheme formed part of the Scottish Agri-Environment Programme which was required to meet UK Government obligations under the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP). The scheme allow</SPAN><SPAN>ed</SPAN><SPAN> farmers and crofters within designated areas to have access to payments to sustain or adopt environmentally-friendly farming practices. Participation by farmers and crofters in the Scheme </SPAN><SPAN>wa</SPAN><SPAN>s voluntary. </SPAN><SPAN>The scheme is no longer active and has been superseded by the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) of the Scottish Rural Development Programme. </SPAN><SPAN>It should be noted that ESA</SPAN><SPAN>s</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>are</SPAN><SPAN> not a national landscape and/or nature conservation designation. ESA</SPAN><SPAN>s</SPAN><SPAN> ha</SPAN><SPAN>ve</SPAN><SPAN> no planning status and therefore cannot be used as a reason for refusing planning applications.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Protected sites
Environmental management
Environment
Farming
The following attribution statement must be used to acknowledge the source of the information: © Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [insert year].
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Available under the terms of the </SPAN><A href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk:443/doc/open-government-licence/" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Open Government Licence</SPAN></A><SPAN>. The following attribution statement must be used to acknowledge the source of the information: © Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [insert year]</SPAN><SPAN>.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
50000
Esri ArcGIS 13.5.2.57366
1
-8.208690
-0.705118
60.866019
54.703334
1
http://statistics.gov.scot/id/statistical-geography/S92000003
1
GB-SCT
ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
2022-11-29T00:00:00
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:GB
Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs) are areas of the countryside where the landscape, wildlife or historic interest is of national importance and where these environmental features can be impacted by farming operations. The 10 ESAs designated in Scotland formed the basis of the ESA Scheme wherein farmers and crofters could access payments to sustain or adopt environmentally friendly farming practices. As the scheme is now closed (superseded by the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) of the Scottish Rural Development Programme) boundaries are for illustrative purposes only.
© Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 1996.
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
2008-06-01T00:00:00
http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/inspire_themes
Protected sites
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.3
https://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/en/themes/
2021-12-06T00:00:00
environmental management
Scottish Government
Geospatial Team
Victoria Quay
City of Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
GIS@gov.scot
GB
Scotland
https://www.gov.scot/
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
Scottish Government
GIS Analyst
IPSV Subjects List
2020-11-18T00:00:00
http://id.esd.org.uk/list/subjects
Environmentally Sensitive Areas
ESAs were introduced under Section 18 of the 1986 Agriculture Act (UK Public General Act 1986/49) to help safeguard areas where the landscape, wildlife or historic interest is of national importance; and because it was recognised that agriculture can have a major influence on the conservation and enhancement of the landscape, wildlife and historical features. ESAs in Scotland were designated under powers given to the Secretary of State through the Act, while individual Statutory Instruments set out the terms and conditions for each designated area.
The lineage of this digital dataset is unknown, however, it is believed the boundaries were digitised from maps included in a report produced by Scottish Natural Heritage (precursor to NatureScot) around 1996.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
2010-12-08T00:00:00
Not conformant.
0
10
EPSG
7.4
Environmentally Sensitive Areas - Scotland
Feature Class
10
Environmentally Sensitive Areas - Scotland
Scottish Government
OBJECTID
objectid
OID
4
10
0
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
SHAPE
shape
Geometry
8
0
0
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
esacode
ESACode
String
10
0
0
Numeric code given to the Environmentally Sensitive Area.
Scottish Government
Numeric code given to the Environmentally Sensitive Area.
1
10
areaha
areaha
Double
8
38
8
Area in hectares
Scottish Government
Area measured in hectares.
esaname
ESAName
String
254
0
0
Name given to the Environmentally Sensitive Area.
Scottish Government
Name given to the Environmentally Sensitive Area.
st_area(shape)
st_area(shape)
Double
0
0
0
Area measurement
ESRI
System calculated area of the feature.
st_perimeter(shape)
st_perimeter(shape)
Double
0
0
0
Perimeter measurement
ESRI
System calculated perimeter of the feature.
Simple
FALSE
10
FALSE
FALSE