Dataset

Conservation area

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About this dataset

Summary	Conservation areas are defined by the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance. They are a consideration for a number of different planning decisions related to conserving and enhancing the historic environment. The dataset contains some authoritative data provided by local planning authorities, as well as data collected from from Historic England and other sources found on data.gov.uk. It should be treated as a work in progress, and is currently incomplete. It also contains a number of duplicate conservation areas we are working to reconcile.
Total	10,960 Conservation areas
Data providers	145
Collector last ran on	2026-04-03
New data last found on	2026-04-03
Origin	Contains some data created by MHCLG. We are working to replace it with data from authoritative sources
Licence	Licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
Attribution	© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on [date]. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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