Planning consideration

Protected wreck sites

The restricted area around the wreck of a nationally important vessel to prevent any interference

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• Design stage: On the platform
• Tags:
  • heritage
  • constraint
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• Synonyms: No synonyms added
• Legislation: No legislation added
• Expected number of records: 57
• Frequency of updates: Fortnightly
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• Technical specification: No specification added

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Related dataset

• Protected wreck site:

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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 'Protected wreck sites' data?

• What is the driver for the request?

• Which 2024 focus area does the request support?

Screen

• What is the 'Protected wreck sites' consideration?

• Is there legislation that defines 'Protected wreck sites'?

• Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Protected wreck sites'?

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

• Is the Protected wreck sites a trigger?

• Is the Protected wreck sites something to consult during plan making?

• Is there any Protected wreck sites data already available?

  Yes

  • What Protected wreck sites 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=9
      • name: Protected Wreck sites
      • fields: List entry number;Name;Designation date;Amendment date;Capture scale;NHLE link;Area (ha);National Grid Reference;Latitude;Longitude
      • 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 Protected wreck sites?

• 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 - Protected wreck sites are referenced regularly in local plans 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 Protected wreck sites?

• Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of Protected wreck sites? How do we expect them to use Protected wreck sites?

• What are the planning needs for this data?

• Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Protected wreck sites data?

• What are some potential uses of Protected wreck sites data?

• What's the value of adding Protected wreck sites data to the platform?

• From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Protected wreck sites data available?

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1 update

• 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.'

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Last updated: 2025-04-24 10:41:26