Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has prepared a consolidated spatial dataset of ‘carbon rich soil, deep peat and priority peatland habitats’ in Scotland derived from existing soil and vegetation data (James Hutton Institute1:25,000 and 1:250,000 scale soil data and Land Cover Scotland 1988. Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved). The resulting Carbon and Peatland map updated earlier work undertaken by SNH for the identification of natural heritage features of national importance available from Scotland’s soil website. The map is a high-level planning tool to promote consistency and clarity in the preparation of spatial frameworks by planning authorities. The map is a predictive tool which provides an indication of the likely presence of peat on each individually-mapped area, at a coarse scale. The types of peat shown on the map are carbon-rich soils, deep peat and priority peatland habitat.

The Peat Layer was produced by Natural England (ARM team) during June - October 2008, with the aim of identifying the extent of three classes of peaty soils for the purposes of the Partnership Project to Protect and Enhance Peat Soils (aka. The Peat Project). The Peat Project is a joint initiative of: Defra Natural England Environment Agency Forestry Commission Welsh Assembly Government Countryside Council for Wales Northern Ireland Environment Agency Cadw Department for Energy and Climate Change and aims to improve coordination between these partners in our efforts to understand, manage and restore peaty soils. BGS, Cranfield University (NSRI) and OS must be acknowledged in any reports or documents produced as a result of using the Peat layer. Full metadata can be viewed on data.gov.uk.

The Peat Layer was produced by Natural England (ARM team) during June - October 2008, with the aim of identifying the extent of three classes of peaty soils for the purposes of the Partnership Project to Protect and Enhance Peat Soils (aka. The Peat Project). The Peat Project is a joint initiative of: Defra Natural England Environment Agency Forestry Commission Welsh Assembly Government Countryside Council for Wales Northern Ireland Environment Agency Cadw Department for Energy and Climate Change and aims to improve coordination between these partners in our efforts to understand, manage and restore peaty soils. BGS, Cranfield University (NSRI) and OS must be acknowledged in any reports or documents produced as a result of using the Peat layer. Full metadata can be viewed on data.gov.uk.