Natural Places

This Topic Paper provides details on the information sources we have used in our assessment of "Natural Places" across Aberdeenshire and provides interim conclusions that should be taken forward in the Spatial Strategy and site selection process for the forthcoming Local Development Plan 2028.

It does not consider wider biodiversity issues (which are the subject of a separate Topic Paper "Biodiversity and the Nature Crisis) not associated with designated nature conservation sites.

It considers, and asks for your views, on two general topics:

1.  Sites of international, national, regional, and local importance for natural heritage  
2.  Sites of national and local landscape importance  

While considering these issues it would probably be appropriate to refer to the content of the Topic Paper.