Freedom of Information Request - Site Monitoring
Date: 16 December 2025
Our ref: SIR182470/A5624560
Information Request – Site Monitoring
Your Request
Please provide data in a spreadsheet form which lists all features monitored by NatureScot, ensuring the following criteria are included:
• Monitored Feature ID
• Name of the feature
• The date the site was last monitored
• Any designated sites of which each feature is located in
• Any pressures faced by each feature
• Any pressure keywords
• Feature Category
• Assessed Condition
Our Response
Following a search of the information we hold our response is attached separately.
Please see below definitions of the terms used in the attached response:
• Site Condition Monitoring (SCM) Condition Assessment – Favourable - Maintained, Declining, Recovered
• SCM Condition Assessment – Unfavourable Recovering - i.e. monitoring has detected signs of recovery but favourable condition has not been reached.
• Unfavourable Recovering Due to Management Change (URDTM)* - i.e. positive management is in place that is expected to improve the condition of the site, but this has not yet been assessed on the ground.
* URDUM is a legacy state, it is no longer used. However, features with that tag will retain it until the feature is next assessed and a new assessed condition determined.
How We Handled Your Request
We believe you have asked for environmental information as defined in the Environmental Information (Scotland Regulations 2004 (‘the EIRs’), so we are dealing with your request under those regulations. To be able to use the EIRs, we must apply an exemption under section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (‘FOISA’). The Scottish Information Commissioner’s guidance recommends that public authorities apply this exemption to environmental information and handle request under the EIRs.
If you would like to find out more about the access to information legislation, there is a guidance booklet available on the Scottish Information Commissioner’s website.
Review and Appeal
I hope this information meets your requirements, but if you are dissatisfied with how we have responded to your information request, please write to us within 40 working days explaining your concerns. You can contact us at Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW or email us at [email protected]. We will carry out a review of our response and contact you with our findings within 20 working days.
If you are not satisfied following this, you can make an appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner within 6 months. The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DS
Telephone: 01334 464610
Yours sincerely
FOI Officer,
NatureScot
Document downloads
Due to file size the attached information, referenced above, is available on request by contacting the FOI team at [email protected]. Please reference the case number (starting with SIR).
