Planning consideration

Special areas of conservation

An area containing wildlife or marine life habitats and species that need conservation

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• Design stage: On the platform
• Tags:
  • local plan
• Github:

  No discussion started

• Synonyms:
  • Protected sites
• Legislation:
  Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017
• Tags:
  • local plan

  View a glossary of tags

• Expected number of records: Unknown
• Frequency of updates: Ad hoc
• Useful links:
  • SAC guidance
• Technical specification: No specification added

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Related dataset

• Special area of conservation:

  • View schema on Github

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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 updates

• Kieran Wint (05 September 2024)

  As per some research we did, summarised in this blog on an analysis of local plans and local area requirements, we think that this consideration acts as an INPUT to the process of creating a local plan.

• Kieran Wint (03 September 2024)

  As per the published dataset by Natural England on data.gov.uk, the metadata suggests that this dataset is updated on an ad hoc basis.

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Last updated: 2024-09-05 10:35:29