Conservation areas - England

Historic England
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Conservation Areas, England

Conservation areas exist to manage and protect the special architectural and historic interest of a place - in other words, the features that make it unique. Every local authority in England has at least one conservation area and there are around 10,000 in England.Most conservation areas are designated by the Council as the local planning authority. In conservation areas there are some extra planning controls and considerations in place to protect the historic and architectural elements which make the place special.This national dataset is “indicative” not “definitive”. Definitive information can only be provided by individual local authorities and you should refer directly to their information for all purposes that require the most up to date and complete dataset. Conservation area data has not been supplied for all local authority areas. Local authority areas without conservation area data are attributed with 'No data available for publication by HE'.Data is updated as necessary when new data is received.Further details are available on our website here -<https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/what-is-designation/local/conservation-areas/>Historic England Open Data Hub -<https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/open-data-hub/> **Field name** **Field alias** **Description** Name Name Name of Conservation Area DATE\_OF\_DE Designation date Designation date of the Conservation Area DATE\_UPDAT Update date Date on which the Conservation Area boundary was amended CAPTURE\_SC Capture scale Scale at which the spatial representation of the Conservation Area was captured LPA Local Planning Authority Local Planning Authority responsible for the Conservation Area UID UID Unique reference number from the Conservation Areas at Risk Survey x Easting Centroid easting y Northing Centroid northing