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Planning consideration

Sites of special scientific interest

A protected area that’s of particular interest to science due to rare species of fauna or flora or important geological or physiological features


Design stage
Research
Tags
Synonyms
  • Protected sites
  • SSSIs
Legislation
No legislation added
Expected number of records
Unknown
Frequency of updates
Ad hoc
Useful links
Technical specification
No specification added


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.


2 updates

  • Kieran Wint (06 September 2024)

    As per the data published by Natural England on data.gov.uk regarding SSSIs, the metadata suggests that this data is updated 'as needed', so it has been as ad hoc.

  • Kieran Wint (04 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.


Last updated: 2025-01-27 08:00:37