Identification

Title

UAD Character Zones

Alternative title(s)

Urban Characterisation

Archaeological Characterisation

HUC

Abstract

The Chester Urban Characterisation is part of a national programme developed and funded by English Heritage and encompasses the civil parishes of Chester Non parish, Chester Castle and Great Boughton. The Urban Character Zones were created following the analysis of the Archaeological Period Layers and are most likely to be adopted as supplementary local planning guidance. Each zone is provided with a summary document (in Microsoft Word/Adobe PDF) format that will highlight the key characteristics of that zone. These summary statements are aimed at planners and developers and will in consequence focus on the archaeological potential within a given area and the potential impact of development. This will enable planners and developers to consider the impact of visual design, construction techniques and expected archaeological potential. Human activity and social organisation have an impact on the landscape which is often visible today. Historic Landscape Characterisation involves the examination of the modern landscape, in order to infer the historic processes that have formed that landscape as it is seen today. The modern landscape, field shape, settlement patterns etc, is systematically assessed and compared to 19th century Ordnance Survey maps to assess change and time depth. The collated data is held in a database, which can be analysed to produce broad or detailed historic landscape classifications, answer specific questions or map change and whose results can be displayed through a Geographic Information System to produce map based interpretative models. http://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/visiting/heritage/archaeology/archaeology_planning_advisory Chester UAD character Zones Polygon Data Data is provided as an ArcView Shape-file (.shp).with the following attributes: Attribute - Description HLCUID - HLC Unique Identifier BroadTypeDec - name of dataset BroadTypeCode - code for dataset HLCTypeDesc - name of Broad character grouping HLCTypeCode - code for broad character group Name - Name of character zone Zone_ArcGIS - ArcGIS link for intranet mapping website for the Zone pdf Zone_WebGIS - weblink for public facing interactive mapping website for the Zone pdf SPD - Name of the Urban Archaeological Plan UAP_ArcGIS - ArcGIS link for intranet mapping website for the Urban Archaeological Plan pdf UAP_WebGIS - weblink for public facing interactive mapping website for the Urban Archaeological Plan pdf xgEdited - Date/Editor of Last CHER Edit Shape_Length - Perimeter of the polygon in Meters Shape_Area - Area of polygon in Square Meters

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://maps.cheshiresharedservices.gov.uk/ArcGIS/services/CWAC/public_wms/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

name: Cheshire West and Chester Council Web Map Service

http://maps.cheshiresharedservices.gov.uk/ArcGIS/services/CWAC/public_wfs/MapServer/WFSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS

name: Cheshire West and Chester Council Web Feature Service

Unique resource identifier

code

27700

codeSpace

EPSG

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

authority code

BNG

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::Nat. Grid GB

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

boundaries

environment

planningCadastre

society

structure

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Urban

Archaeological

Characterisation

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.942611

East bounding longitude

-2.838427

North bounding latitude

53.213968

South bounding latitude

53.163956

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2013-03-01

End position

2014-10-11

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-03-01

Frequency of update

009

Quality and validity

Lineage

March-June 2013: Data created in ArcGIS geodatabase attached to Exegesis HBSMR Database.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

UK GEMINI Standard version 2.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-11-01

degree

true

explanation

Conforms to GEMINI2 2.0 draft schematron

Data format

name of format

OGC Web Map Service

version of format

1.1.1

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Public Sector End User Licence - INSPIRE

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

organisation name

Cheshire Historic Environment Record, Archaeology Planning Advisory Service

full postal address

HQ, Nicholas Street

Chester

CH1 2NP

United Kingdom

telephone number

18001 01606 867 670

facsimile number

email address

enquiries@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact