Planning consideration

Heritage coast

A stretch of undeveloped coast designated for conservation

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• Design stage: On the platform
• Tags:
  • constraint
  • landscape
  • local plan
  • footnote 7
  • policies map
  • environmental
  • heritage

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• Synonyms:
  • Protected sites
• Legislation: No legislation added
• Expected number of records: 32
• Frequency of updates: Ad hoc
• Useful links: No useful links added
• Technical specification: No specification added

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Related dataset

• Heritage coast:

  • View schema on Github

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Background information

Each planning consideration we work on passes through the stages of our design process, where we research and answer specific questions to help us collect more information.

Backlog

• Who asked for 'Heritage coast' data?

• What is the driver for the request?

• Which 2024 focus area does the request support?

Screen

• What is the 'Heritage coast' consideration?

• Is there legislation that defines 'Heritage coast'?

• Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Heritage coast'?

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

• Is the Heritage coast a trigger?

• Is the Heritage coast something to consult during plan making?

• Is there any Heritage coast data already available?

  Yes

  • What Heritage coast data is currently available?

    • Item 1

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      • url: https://naturalengland-defra.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/Defra::heritage-coasts-england/about
      • name: Heritage Coasts (England)
      • fields: REF_CODE;NAME;MEASURE;DESIG_DATE;HOTLINK
      • licence: Open Government Licence
      • coverage: National
      • publisher: Natural England
      • attribution: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].
      • metadata_url: https://ckan.publishing.service.gov.uk/harvest/object/059d739a-6e29-4807-a63c-b6d44672554e/html

• Do we think the data should come from a single source?

  Yes, this data is available nationally from Natural England as a single source.

• Will a data standard be required?

  No

Research

• Do we understand the lifecycle of a Heritage coast?

• Do we understand how the data is created/produced?

• Where will or should the data be used?

• What other planning considerations does it interact with?

• Who are the statutory consultees for Heritage coast?

• Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of Heritage coast? How do we expect them to use Heritage coast?

• What are the planning needs for this data?

• Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Heritage coast data?

• What are some potential uses of Heritage coast data?

• What's the value of adding Heritage coast data to the platform?

• From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Heritage coast data available?

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2 updates

• Claire Miller (26 September 2024)

  As per some research we did, summarised in this blog on an analysis of local plans and local area requirements, we're confident that this consideration acts as an INPUT to the process of creating a local plan.

• Kieran Wint (05 September 2024)

  As per the data published by Natural England on data.gov.uk for 'Heritage Coast', the metadata suggests that this data is updated on an ad hoc basis.

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Last updated: 2025-04-24 12:56:34