Scheduled monuments

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• Backlog
• Screen
• Research

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These are the questions we answer during the Screen stage.

Answering them wil help us learn more about the Scheduled monuments consideration, determine if a data standard is required and whether we know enough to move on to the next stage.

• What is the 'Scheduled monuments' consideration?

  A scheduled monument is the selection of nationally important archaeological sites. These sites can include standing stones, burial mounds, the remains of monastic buildings and more. They can be above or below ground and can consist of remains as well as structures that are still in use.

• Is there legislation that defines 'Scheduled monuments'?

  Yes

  • What is the legislation that defines 'Scheduled monuments'?

    Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act of 1979

  • What is the specific part of the legislation that describes how a 'Scheduled monuments' gets designated?

    There are no specific parts of the legislation which talk to the different steps of designation, but section 1 encompasses the whole.

  • What is the specific part of the legislation that requires the publication of 'Scheduled monuments'?

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

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

  • Historic England

• Is the Scheduled monuments a trigger?

  Yes

  • What needs to be done because Scheduled monuments has acted as the trigger?

    If you are the owner of a scheduled monument (or are acting on behalf of the owner) and you wish to carry out works to the monument, you will need to apply for prior written permission from the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. This is for works either above or below ground level. The procedure is known as Scheduled Monument Consent or SMC.

    Certain development works to your property may require planning permission from your local authority, but obtaining planning permission does not remove the need for Scheduled Monument Consent.

• Is the Scheduled monuments something to consult during plan making?

  Yes

  • Provide information about when Scheduled monuments is used during plan making

    It is likely that where scheduled monuments are present, Local Plan policies will account for them. Local Plans are likely to include a policy relating to the conservation of heritage and archaeological structures, as well as setting out mitigation required.

• Is there any Scheduled monuments data already available?

  Yes

  • What Scheduled monuments data is currently available?

    • Item 1

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      • url: https://opendata-historicengland.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/historicengland::national-heritage-list-for-england-nhle/about?layer=6
      • name: Scheduled Monuments
      • fields: List entry number;Name;Schedule date;Amendment date;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