Planning consideration

Areas of outstanding natural beauty

Details

• Name: Areas of outstanding natural beauty
• Description: Land protected by law to conserve and enhance its natural beauty
• Synonyms:
  • Protected sites
  • AONB
  • National Landscape
• Github discussion: 31
• Legislation: Countryside and Rights of Way Act (2000) (CROW)
• Useful links:
  • National dataset documentation page
  • URL of national dataset
• Stage: On the platform
• Prioritised: False
• Tags:
  • local plan

Data related

• Datasets:

  Area of outstanding natural beauty

  See dataset on planning.data

• Expected number of records: 34
• Frequency of updates: Ad hoc

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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.

Read all the background information that we have on this consideration.

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2 notes

• 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 (03 September 2024)

  The frequency of updates for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty data is 'Ad hoc', as per the metadata at data.gov.uk stating that the frequency of updates are not planned.

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Last updated: 2025-04-28 13:32:27