Identification

Title

Conservation Areas

Alternative title(s)

Local Authority Conservation Areas

Abstract

The defining of Conservation Areas is governed by the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997; an update from previous Acts relating to such areas. Conservation Areas are designated by local planning authorities and can play an important role in environmental enhancement, economic and community regeneration (e.g. Townscape Heritage Initiatives and Conservation Areas Regeneration Schemes). Councils review conservation areas from time to time in order to assess the need for alteration of boundaries for areas for which special planning considerations apply, e.g. Article 4 directions. Many conservation areas now have character appraisals to explain what it is that should be preserved and what can be enhanced.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://inspire.hes.scot/AtomService/DATA/ca_scotland.zip

protocol: FILE:GEO

name: ESRI Shapefile Download

description: Download zip file with Conservation Areas shapefile, layer file and metadata

https://inspire.hes.scot/arcgis/services/HES/Conservation_Areas/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

protocol: OGC:WMS

description: WMS service for Conservation Areas

https://inspire.hes.scot/arcgis/services/HES/Conservation_Areas/MapServer/WFSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS

protocol: OGC:WFS

description: WFS service for Conservation Areas

Unique resource identifier

code

HESCA

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700

Additional information source

Historic Scotland is an Executive Agency within the Scottish Government, responsible to Scottish Ministers for safeguarding the nation's built heritage and promoting its understanding and enjoyment.

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

boundaries

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Protected area

historic centre

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2012-07-20

Keyword set

keyword value

Protected sites

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Conservation areas

Urban conservation

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2006-04-03

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-7.75714

East bounding longitude

-0.53202

North bounding latitude

61.46459

South bounding latitude

54.53297

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1968

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2003-01-01

date type

publication

effective date

2011-11-26

date type

revision

effective date

2019-12-18

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

The dataset was first created from the merging of shapefile and Cad data provided by some councils from 2003 (see attribute table for details). Some in-house data capture at 1:2500 from published maps was also undertaken. Since then the dataset is being refreshed by data supplied by local authorities.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-05-03

degree

true

explanation

This dataset is not in a conformed format (such as GML). However, it conforms to projection and metadata. Vertical data in metadata is currently from Chart Datum. The temporal extent of the data is not ended as this is a live dataset, which may change in the future. The version date of the data can be found under Temporal Extent.

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

true

explanation

This Spatial Data Service set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Data format

name of format

ESRI Shapefile

version of format

1.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If this data is reproduced it must be attributed with the following: Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland - Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right [year]

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

GIS Officer

organisation name

Historic Environment Scotland

full postal address

Longmore House, Salisbury Place

Edinburgh

EH9 1SH

United Kingdom

telephone number

0131 668 8832

email address

GIEnquiries@hes.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

GIS Officer

organisation name

Historic Environment Scotland

full postal address

Longmore House, Salisbury Place

Edinburgh

EH9 1SH

United Kingdom

telephone number

0131 668 8832

email address

GIEnquiries@hes.scot

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

GIS Officer

organisation name

Historic Environment Scotland

full postal address

Longmore House, Salisbury Place

Edinburgh

EH9 1SH

United Kingdom

telephone number

0131 668 8832

email address

GIEnquiries@hes.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-09-24T08:29:35

Metadata language