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# Peat on development sites

What the rules ask for when a wind farm, grid line or other development crosses peat: surveys, management plans, landslide and stability assessments, and what national maps support at site scale.

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### [![Peat landslide hazard and risk assessment in Scotland: when one is needed and what the Checking Report reviews](https://www.vireonature.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ins_07.jpg?width=1200&height=630&name=ins_07.jpg) Guide10 Nov 2026 · 12 minute read Peat landslide hazard and risk assessment in Scotland: when one is needed and what the Checking Report reviews When a peat landslide hazard and risk assessment is needed in Scotland, what the guide suggests it shows and what the Checking Report reviews. With a free screening tool. Read the guide →](https://www.vireonature.com/insights/peat-landslide-risk-assessment-scotland)

### [![Peat management plan: what it must contain and what a reviewer checks](https://www.vireonature.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ins_01.jpg?width=1200&height=630&name=ins_01.jpg) Guide10 Nov 2026 · 12 minute read Peat management plan: what it must contain and what a reviewer checks What a peat management plan must contain, the excavation and reuse figures a reviewer tests, and the survey evidence each figure rests on. With sources. Read the guide →](https://www.vireonature.com/insights/peat-management-plan-contents)

### [![How accurate is the England Peat Map? What national peat maps support at site scale](https://www.vireonature.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ins_05.jpg?width=1200&height=630&name=ins_05.jpg) Guide10 Nov 2026 · 13 minute read How accurate is the England Peat Map? What national peat maps support at site scale What the England Peat Map and other national peat maps are designed to support, how map depth compares with probed depth, and what a site decision needs. Read →](https://www.vireonature.com/insights/england-peat-map-accuracy)

### [![The peat depth gap: where the open measurements are](https://www.vireonature.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ins_13.jpg?width=1200&height=630&name=ins_13.jpg) Guide10 Nov 2026 · 10 minute read The peat depth gap: where the open measurements are 82 per cent of mapped peat across Britain and Ireland lies more than 1 km from any openly published peat depth measurement. Look up your area. Read →](https://www.vireonature.com/insights/peat-depth-gap)

### [![Peat surveys for wind farms and grid lines in Scotland: what the guidance asks for](https://www.vireonature.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ins_peat.jpg?width=1200&height=630&name=ins_peat.jpg) Guide10 Nov 2026 · 8 minute read Peat surveys for wind farms and grid lines in Scotland: what the guidance asks for The two survey phases, probe spacings, records and outputs Scottish guidance expects on peat before a layout is fixed, and where a desk read saves fieldwork. Read →](https://www.vireonature.com/insights/peat-survey-guidance-scotland)

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## Peat on development sites: survey, stability and management

Peat changes what can be built and where. Scottish guidance expects a peat depth survey in two phases before a layout is fixed, and most consents on peat also ask for a peat landslide hazard and risk assessment and a peat management plan. The guides above set out what each one asks for.

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Building a wind farm or grid line? See [wind farm and grid evidence](https://www.vireonature.com/solutions/wind-and-grid). Need the map first? The [peat depth map of the UK and Ireland](https://www.vireonature.com/insights/peat-depth-gap) shows where open measurements are, and where they are not.

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