Planning consideration

World heritage sites

A natural or man-made site, area, or structure that is protected because of its international importance

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• Design stage: On the platform
• Tags:
  • local plan
  • constraint
  • heritage
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• Synonyms: No synonyms added
• Legislation: No legislation added
• Expected number of records: 28
• Frequency of updates: Ad hoc
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• Technical specification: No specification added

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Related datasets

• World heritage site buffer zone World heritage 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 'World heritage sites' data?

• What is the driver for the request?

• Which 2024 focus area does the request support?

Screen

• What is the 'World heritage sites' consideration?

• Is there legislation that defines 'World heritage sites'?

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

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

• Is the World heritage sites a trigger?

• Is the World heritage sites something to consult during plan making?

• Is there any World heritage sites data already available?

  Yes

  • What World heritage 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=10
      • name: World Heritage Sites
      • fields: List entry number;Name;Inscription date;Amendment date;Notes;Capture scale;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 endpoint provided by Historic England.

• Will a data standard be required?

  No

Research

• Do we understand the lifecycle of a World heritage 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?

• Who are the statutory consultees for World heritage sites?

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

• What are the planning needs for this data?

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

• What are some potential uses of World heritage sites data?

• What's the value of adding World heritage sites data to the platform?

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

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3 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 (09 September 2024)

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

  However, it is thought that this dataset is likely to be mostly static as World heritage sites are designated by UNESCO and is reviewed on a yearly basis.

• elliotrowen (06 September 2024)

  Data updated as necessary: https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/eab6ee72-23e8-46df-b74b-c2a9cb3ee6e0/world-heritage-sites

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Last updated: 2025-04-24 10:15:57