Planning consideration

Historic parks and gardens

Designed landscapes of special historical interest because of their layout, features and architectural decoration

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

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• Github: Join the discussion
• Synonyms: No synonyms added
• Legislation: No legislation added
• Expected number of records: 1,716
• Frequency of updates: Fortnightly
• Useful links:
  • National dataset documentation page
  • URL of national dataset
• Technical specification: No specification added

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Related datasets

• Park and garden grade Historic parks and gardens:

  • View schema on Github

  • Manage dataset in planning dataset editor

  • 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 'Historic parks and gardens' data?

• What is the driver for the request?

• Which 2024 focus area does the request support?

Screen

• What is the 'Historic parks and gardens' consideration?

• Is there legislation that defines 'Historic parks and gardens'?

• Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Historic parks and gardens'?

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

• Is the Historic parks and gardens a trigger?

• Is the Historic parks and gardens something to consult during plan making?

• Is there any Historic parks and gardens data already available?

  Yes

  • What Historic parks and gardens data is currently available?

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      • url: https://opendata-historicengland.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/historicengland::national-heritage-list-for-england-nhle/about?layer=7
      • name: Registered Parks and Gardens
      • fields: ListEntry;Name;Grade;RegDate;AmendDate;CaptureScale;NHLE link;Area (ha);National Grid Reference;Easting;Northing
      • licence: Open Government Licence
      • coverage: National
      • publisher: Historic England
      • attribution: © Historic England [year] and for spatial data only add Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].
      • metadata_url: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/767f279327a24845bf47dfe5eae9862b/info/metadata/metadata.xml?format=default&output=html

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

  Yes, this data is available nationally via a single source provided by Historic England.

• Will a data standard be required?

  No

Research

• Do we understand the lifecycle of a Historic parks and gardens?

• 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?

  • Local plans - Parks and gardens are referenced regularly in local plans (also under the guise of 'heritage assets'), so we think that this consideration feeds into the process of creating a local plan.

• Who are the statutory consultees for Historic parks and gardens?

• Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of Historic parks and gardens? How do we expect them to use Historic parks and gardens?

• What are the planning needs for this data?

• Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Historic parks and gardens data?

• What are some potential uses of Historic parks and gardens data?

• What's the value of adding Historic parks and gardens data to the platform?

• From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Historic parks and gardens data available?

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2 updates

• Kieran Wint (06 September 2024)

  As per this FAQ document produced by Historic England, 'The latest datasets are uploaded to the website on a fortnightly basis.'

• Kieran Wint (05 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.

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Last updated: 2025-04-17 09:38:48