20260217 14580400 1.0 FALSE 003 view_sg_primeagriculturalland 166141.171900 408623.218800 534355.562500 899656.500000 1 Projected GCS_OSGB_1936 Linear Unit: Meter (1.000000) British_National_Grid <ProjectedCoordinateSystem xsi:type='typens:ProjectedCoordinateSystem' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:typens='http://www.esri.com/schemas/ArcGIS/3.6.0'><WKT>PROJCS["British_National_Grid",GEOGCS["GCS_OSGB_1936",DATUM["D_OSGB_1936",SPHEROID["Airy_1830",6377563.396,299.3249646]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",400000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",-100000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-2.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996012717],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",49.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0],AUTHORITY["EPSG",27700]]</WKT><XOrigin>-5220400</XOrigin><YOrigin>-15524400</YOrigin><XYScale>10000</XYScale><ZOrigin>-100000</ZOrigin><ZScale>10000</ZScale><MOrigin>-100000</MOrigin><MScale>10000</MScale><XYTolerance>0.001</XYTolerance><ZTolerance>0.001</ZTolerance><MTolerance>0.001</MTolerance><HighPrecision>true</HighPrecision><WKID>27700</WKID><LatestWKID>27700</LatestWKID></ProjectedCoordinateSystem> 500000 50000 20260508 12022800 20260508 12022800 INSPIRE dataset 20260508 WMS 1.3.0 https://maps.data.gov.scot/arcgis/services/PrimeLand/MapServer/WMSServer? OGC:WMS PrimeAgriculturalLand OGC View Service https://maps.data.gov.scot/arcgis/services/PrimeLand/MapServer/WFSServer? OGC:WFS PL:PrimeAgriculturalland OGC Feature Download Service https://maps.data.gov.scot/arcgis/rest/services/PrimeLand/MapServer/0 ArcGIS REST Services PrimeAgriculturalLand ArcGIS REST Service https://maps.data.gov.scot/arcgis/rest/services/PrimeLand/OGCFeatureServer/0 OGC-API Features PrimeAgriculturalLand OGC Features API https://maps.data.gov.scot/shapefiles/SG_PrimeAgriculturalLand_2025-05-07.zip WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download ESRI Shapefile Download WFS 2.0.0 ESRI REST 1.0 OGC Features API 1.0 ESRI Shapefile 1.0 Esri ArcGIS 13.6.3.59530 Land Capability for Agriculture - Prime Land 19810101 Colin Campbell The James Hutton Institute Head of Soils Craigiebuckler Aberdeen AB15 8QH colin.campbell@hutton.ac.uk gb David Donnelly The James Hutton Institute Research Scientist Craigiebuckler Aberdeen AB15 8QH david.donnelly@hutton.ac.uk gb 01224 395265 2001 LCA Prime Land LCA David Donnelly The James Hutton Institute Research Scientist Craigiebuckler Aberdeen AB15 8QH david.donnelly@hutton.ac.uk GB City of Aberdeen 01224 395265 1981-01-01T00:00:00 2025-05-07T00:00:00 SG_PrimeAgriculturalLand GIS Analyst Scottish Government Geospatial Team Victoria Quay City of Edinburgh Scotland EH6 6QQ GIS@gov.scot GB https://www.gov.scot/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link -5.949887 -1.854155 57.986437 54.649846 1 0 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 -8.343553 -0.705118 60.866019 54.548773 1 250000 soil farming crop Scotland <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV>This dataset provides a digital boundary for Prime Agricultural Land (otherwise termed "best and most versatile") in Scotland based on an amalgamation of classes 1, 2 and 3.1 of the Land Capability for Agriculture (LCA) maps. The LCA classification is used to rank land on the basis of its potential productivity and cropping flexibility. This is determined by the extent to which the physical characteristics of the land (soil, climate and relief) impose long term restrictions on its use. The source LCA maps are available from the <A href="https://www.hutton.ac.uk/land-capability-for-agriculture-lca/" target="_blank" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">James Hutton Institute</A> at both 1:250,000 (national coverage) and 1:50,000 (partial coverage) scales.This LCA Prime Land boundary has been produced from a hybrid version of the LCA classification which combines the 1:250,000 and 1:50,000 scale datasets. The hybrid dataset uses the more detailed 1:50,000 scale data where it exists in preference to the 1:250,000 scale data as it is seen as the definitive mapped assessment. The majority of prime land boundary is sourced from the 1:50,000 scale mapping, with that sourced from the 1:250,000 map limited to north-west of Montrose, Machrihanish, a small area adjacent to the Black Isle, west of Campbeltown and south of Jedburgh. This prime land dataset should be used in favour of previous versions which only referenced the 1:250,000 scale mapping.The LCA Prime Land boundary supports planners and agricultural officers in assessing cases made for development and determining priorities in relation to retaining areas of high quality agricultural land, i.e. that with a high capacity to produce food.</DIV></DIV></DIV> land use agriculture agricultural land crop production soil Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1981). Land Capability for Agriculture maps of Scotland at a scale of 1:50,000 and 1:250 000. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen. 10.5281/zenodo.6322683 and 10.5281/zenodo.6322760. David Donnelly The James Hutton Institute Research Scientist Craigiebuckler Aberdeen AB15 8QH david.donnelly@hutton.ac.uk gb 01224 395265 David Donnelly GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01T00:00:00 http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/inspire_themes Land use GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.3 2021-12-06T00:00:00 https://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/en/themes/ agriculture agricultural land crop production soil GIS Analyst Scottish Government Geospatial Team Victoria Quay City of Edinburgh Scotland EH6 6QQ GIS@gov.scot GB https://www.gov.scot/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link GIS Analyst Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights, James Hutton Institute. <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV>This data is made available under the <A href="https://www.hutton.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/The-James-Hutton-Institute-Open-Data-Licence-download.pdf" target="_blank" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">James Hutton Institute Open Data License</A>. When reproducing please include the following credits: Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1981). Land Capability for Agriculture maps of Scotland at a scale of 1:50,000 and 1:250 000. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen. 10.5281/zenodo.6322683 and 10.5281/zenodo.6322760</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV>This data was produced at a scale of 1:50,000 and 1:250,000. </DIV></DIV></DIV> Current definition of prime agricultural land (or "best and most versatile" land) in Scotland based on an amalgamation of classes 1, 2 and 3.1 of the Land Capability for Agriculture (LCA) maps provided by the James Hutton Institute in 2025. The dataset is based on a hybrid product of the 1:250,000 and 1:50,000 LCA maps where the majority of prime land is sourced from the 1:50,000 mapping. The purpose of these maps is to aid planners and agricultural officers in assessing cases made for development and determining priorities in relation to retaining areas of high quality agricultural land. This Prime Agricultural Land dataset is derived from the Land Capability for Agriculture (LCA) maps produced in the early 1980s. For a detailed description of how the LCA maps were created please see https://www.hutton.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/LAND-CAPABILITY-CLASSIFICATION-FOR-AGRICULTURE.pdf. Previous versions of the prime land boundary had utilised only the 1:250,000 version of the Land Capability for Agriculture (LCA). The James Hutton Institute, who took ownership of the LCA maps in 2011, produced a hybrid version of the LCA maps combining both scales in 2018 (and revised in 2025). The hybrid dataset uses the more detailed 1:50,000 scale data where it exists in preference to the 1:250,000 scale data as it is seen as the definitive mapped assessment. Digital boundaries of prime agricultural land were then created by aggregating classes 1, 2 and 3.1 of the LCA maps, where: Class 1 - Land capable of producing a very wide range of crops; and Class 2 - Land capable of producing a wide range of crops; and Class 3.1 - Land capable of producing consistently high yields of a narrow range of crops and/or moderate yields of a wider range. It is recommended that this prime land boundary is used in preference to earlier versions. The majority of the identified prime land is sourced from the 1:50,000 mapping. The mapping of prime land sourced from the 1:250,000 map is limited to north-west of Montrose, Machrihanish, a small area adjacent to the Black Isle, west of Campbeltown and south of Jedburgh. 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 1713 British_National_Grid EPSG 6.3(3.0.1) Land Capability for Agriculture - Prime Land Feature Class 1713 Land identified as prime agricultural land based on classes 1 and 2 of the Land Capability for Agriculture. James Hutton Institute 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. primeland primeland String 10 0 0 Prime agricultural land James Hutton Institute Value will be 'Yes' where land has been identified as prime agricultural land. 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. This is the Land Capability for Agriculture None Simple FALSE 1713 FALSE FALSE 906d451b-f7ec-4e70-b928-25b89d8db8c8 GIS Analyst Scottish Government Geospatial Team Victoria Quay City of Edinburgh Scotland EH6 6QQ GIS@gov.scot GB https://www.gov.scot/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link GIS Analyst