Never have come across this. Is this permitted or do I have to request this permission?

[kvetner]

I believe @Pterodactyl is correct - it’s all NT land open to the public, the “Limited Access” area is just the bit where they charge admission. Note that even in some Limited Access areas, there are Public Rights of Way which allow you to pass through.

Also note that the NT own far more land than is shown in these layers on DroneScene, as shown on their Land Ownership Map, but that extra land isn’t made available via the data that DroneScene has access to.

Previous discussion which illustrates the latter point:

The development of Drone Scene continues!

Minor note of caution: the NT layer on Drone Scene shows NT land which is “always open” to the public (typically open space with no entry fee) or “limited access” to the public (typically houses and gardens with an entry fee). This is not the limit of NT’s land ownership. As you can see from this example near where I live, they own a lot more beyond the land where they permit access: [Clipboard0c] The red bounded area is the limited public access; everything in blue was acquired by the NT at…