Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (England)

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18 December 2023
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Summary

AONBs are designated areas where protection is afforded to protect and manage the areas for visitors and local residents. Under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, Natural England has the power to designate areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONBs) in England that are outside national parks and that are considered to have such natural beauty it is desirable they are conserved and enhanced; issue a variation order to change an existing AONB boundary. It also holds a duty to give advice on developments taking place in an AONB; take into account the conservation and enhancement of AONBs in its work. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

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Added to data.gov.uk
2023-12-18
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There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Harvest GUID
0c1ea47f-3c79-47f0-b0ed-094e0a136971
Extent
Latitude: 55.7447° to 49.8625°
Longitude: -6.41736° to 2.05827°
Spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Dataset reference date
1949-12-31 (creation)
2015-05-11 (publication)
2020-05-15 (revision)
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Responsible party
Natural England (pointOfContact)
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Metadata language
eng
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