Protected area notices

Site of Special Scientific Interest notices

Latest update - February 2024

NatureScot has notified a new Site of Special Scientific Interest at Bargeny Hill in East Dunbartonshire on 09 March 2023. This notification was confirmed with a small reduction in size on 15 February 2024. A copy of the notification letter can be downloaded: Bargeny Hill SSSI notification letter - Scottish Ministers - 09 March 2023. A copy of the confirmation letter can also be downloaded: Bargeny Hill SSSI notification letter - Scottish Ministers - 15 February 2024.

List of relevant documents available on Sitelink:

• Citation
• List of Operations Requiring Consent
• Boundary Map
• Site Management Statement

National Nature Reserve notices

No current notices.

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We must publish a notice in a local newspaper (and by any other suitable means) whenever we:

• notify a new Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
• de-notify all or part of an existing SSSI

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