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Crown copyright covers material created by civil servants, ministers and government departments and agencies. This includes legislation, government codes of practice, Ordnance Survey mapping, government reports, official press releases, government forms and many public records.
Crown copyright is legally defined under section 163 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 as works made by officers or servants of the Crown in the course of their duties.
For more details on use of Crown copyright data below please visit the gov.scot website.
If no licence is stated, the data should be acknowledged with:
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| Coal resources (hidden below 1:500,000) |
On behalf of the Crown Estate, the British Geological Survey mapped the marine aggregate and mineral resources around Scotland. The data has been inferred from geological data, review of relevant literature and interpretation of boreholes. The marine aggregate resources include:
The mineral resources include:
Each of the 6 resources can be viewed as an NMPI layer. This layer displays the coal resources around Scotland as mapped, on behalf of the Crown Estate, by the British Geological Survey.
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| Areas of sand suitable for fill or land reclamation applications where mud content is greater than 10% (hidden below 1:500,000) |
On behalf of the Crown Estate, the British Geological Survey mapped the marine aggregate and mineral resources around Scotland. The data has been inferred from geological data, review of relevant literature and interpretation of boreholes. The marine aggregate resources include:
The mineral resources include:
Each of the 6 resources can be viewed as an NMPI layer. This layer displays the Fill areas where the mud content of the sand is <10% around Scotland as mapped, on behalf of the Crown Estate, by the British Geological Survey. |
| Sand gravel resources |
On behalf of the Crown Estate, the British Geological Survey mapped the marine aggregate and mineral resources around Scotland. The data has been inferred from geological data, review of relevant literature and interpretation of boreholes. The marine aggregate resources include:
The mineral resources include:
Each of the 6 resources can be viewed as an NMPI layer. This layer displays the sand and gravel resources around Scotland as mapped, on behalf of the Crown Estate, by the British Geological Survey. |
| Evaporite resources (hidden below 1:500,000) |
On behalf of the Crown Estate, the British Geological Survey mapped the marine aggregate and mineral resources around Scotland. The data has been inferred from geological data, review of relevant literature and interpretation of boreholes. The marine aggregate resources include:
The mineral resources include:
Each of the 6 resources can be viewed as an NMPI layer. This layer displays the evaporite resources around Scotland as mapped, on behalf of the Crown Estate, by the British Geological Survey. |
| Dredge Spoil Deposit Sites - Open - Layer being updated - use with caution |
***LAYER BEING UPDATED - USE WITH CAUTION*** This layer shows the locations of dredge spoil deposit sites that are designated as open (in use). The spoil is usually as a result of navigational dredging (deepening of navigation channels) on the approaches to ports and harbours. |
| Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Strategic Area |
The Crown Estate has awarded 11 lease agreements to marine energy developers in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters. This is the world's first commercial leasing round for wave and tidal renewable energy generation. 11 agreements were signed for six wave and five tidal projects with a potential capacity to generate 1.6 GW of marine energy, sufficient capacity to power over one fifth of Scottish households. The capital investment required within the Pentland Firth and Orkney waters is estimated to be between £2-3 billion between 2010 and 2020. The Crown Estate has also estimated that this could build up to £300 million per annum of operation and maintenance service requirements by 2020. The award of leases was an important milestone for the global sector and shows Scotland's position at the forefront of marine energy development. The Pentland Firth and Orkney waters projects will be an important contribution to UK and European renewable energy targets. Scottish Ministers are responsible for licensing and consenting the projects, utilising the new streamlined marine planning and consenting regime in the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010. |
| Sectoral Marine Plan (SMP) - Tidal Draft Plan Options (2013) |
This dataset shows suitable areas for offshore renewable energy source in the form of tidal, wave and wind power around Scotland. This layer shows suitable areas for tidal power around Scotland.
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| Sectoral Marine Plan (SMP) - Wave Draft Plan Options (2013) |
This dataset shows suitable areas for offshore renewable energy source in the form of tidal, wave and wind power around Scotland. This layer shows suitable areas for wave power around Scotland.
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| Oil and Gas - Coal Mining Licence Areas (Coal Authority WMS) |
It is the statutory responsibility of The Coal Authority to licence and monitor the extraction of coal by private operators. These Licence areas relate to any granted licence for the working of coal since the creation of The Coal Authority in October 1994. This layer shows licenced areas of underground and open cast coal sites and underground coal gasification (UGC). UGC is an industrial process, which converts coal into product gas. |
| Oil and Gas - Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) areas (BGS WMS) |
The UK continental shelf is subdivided into eight areas for the purposes of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). SEA is the process of appraisal through which environmental protection and sustainable development may be considered, and factored into national and local decisions regarding Government (and other) plans and programmes – such as oil and gas licensing rounds and other offshore energy developments, including renewables and gas and carbon dioxide storage. |
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