{ "culture": "en-US", "name": "", "guid": "", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "National Scenic Areas (NSAs) are areas that have been identified as having outstanding scenic value in a national context, and as such require special protection measures through the planning system. There are 40 NSAs designated, mainly in remote and mountainous areas, covering nearly 13% of Scotland's land area.", "description": "

National Scenic Areas (NSAs) are a <\/SPAN>national landscape designation<\/SPAN><\/A> of areas that have been identified as having outstanding scenic value in a national context. The designation\u2019s purpose is both to identify our finest scenery and to ensure its protection from inappropriate development through the planning system. They are broadly equivalent to the Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty found in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. There are 40 NSAs in Scotland, mainly in remote and mountainous areas, including spectacular mountain ranges (e.g. Skye Cuillins, Ben Nevis, Glencoe), dramatic island landscapes (e.g. the Hebrides, Northern Isles) and picturesque, richly diverse scenery (e.g. Perthshire, Dumfries and Galloway). They were identified in 1978 by the Countryside Commission for Scotland (a predecessor of NatureScot) in its publication Scotland\u2019s Scenic Heritage, and their boundaries remain unchanged today. All NSAs have been surveyed t<\/SPAN>o record their<\/SPAN> special qualities that, individually or combined, make each area's scenery outstanding and justify their designation as NSAs.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>", "summary": "National Scenic Areas (NSAs) are areas that have been identified as having outstanding scenic value in a national context, and as such require special protection measures through the planning system. There are 40 NSAs designated, mainly in remote and mountainous areas, covering nearly 13% of Scotland's land area.", "title": "National Scenic Areas - Scotland", "tags": [ "Protected sites", "Environment", "Landscape protection area", "Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty" ], "type": "", "typeKeywords": [], "thumbnail": "", "url": "", "minScale": 500000, "maxScale": 5000, "spatialReference": "", "accessInformation": "© Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 1998.", "licenseInfo": "