The OS continuously revise the map in urban, rural and moorland areas to capture major change such as housing developments, commercial developments and road/rail infrastructure. Their published time scale for picking up the new data is within 5 months of notification of completion.

As new build may be captured by either ground or aerial survey methods, it is possible that there may be some slippage in the published time scales, i.e.

1. Aerial photography - the flying season is weather dependant.
2. External contractors do some surveying.
3. Local staffing resource issues.
4. Unforeseen circumstances e.g. foot and mouth outbreak.

The licensed use of OS products by RoS is outlined in our external guidance, a link to which is attached below.

Deed Plan Criteria

The National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh holds copies of all the available editions of published National Grid OS maps for Scotland. If a caseworker needs an edition to help resolve an extent discrepancy, they should forward their request to the MBM manager. MBM will attempt to batch any requests, unless urgent, in order to save on postage and packaging. The caseworker will be kept informed of progress.