SDNPA Conservation Areas

Published by:
South Downs National Park Authority
Last updated:
04 January 2016
Topic:
Mapping
Licence:
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Summary

Local authorities (including National Park Authorities) have the power to designate conservation areas in any area of 'special architectural or historic interest' whose character or appearance is worth protecting or enhancing. This 'specialness' is judged against local and regional criteria, rather than national importance as is the case with listing. The special character of these areas does not come from the quality of their buildings alone. The historic layout of roads, paths and boundaries; characteristic building and paving materials; a particular 'mix' of building uses; public and private spaces, such as gardens, parks and greens; and trees and street furniture, which contribute to particular views - all these and more make up the familiar local scene. Conservation areas give broader protection than listing individual buildings: all the features, listed or otherwise, within the area, are recognised as part of its character. The first conservation areas were created in 1967, and there are now over 8000 conservation areas in England. This dataset is used as a planning constraint.

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Added to data.gov.uk
2015-12-23
Access contraints
http://tinyurl.com/OS-INSPIRE-End-User-Licence
Harvest GUID
bf170765-38a4-4cdc-b052-32b278ae5f60
Extent
Latitude: 51.2153810630° to 50.6926076076°
Longitude: -1.4036107011° to 0.3900004942°
Spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Dataset reference date
2015-12-01 (publication)
Frequency of update
asNeeded
Responsible party
South Downs National Park Authority (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng
Source Metadata
XML
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