North Devon and Torridge - Landscape Character Assessment Update

Appendix A

Data list

The following lists the main datasets collated and analysed in Geographic Information System (GIS) software as a key part of the evidence base for this study.

Basemaps
- Ordnance Survey 25K
- Ordnance Survey 50K
- Local authority boundaries
Landscape
- Landscape and seascape character types / areas for North Devon & Torridge and adjacent authorities
- UNESCO Biosphere Reserves
- Extensive Urban Survey (EUS)
- Historic Landscape Characterisation (HLC)
- Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- National Parks
- National Character Areas
- Heritage coast
- Light Pollution (Night Blight)
- Tranquillity
Geology
- Locally Important Geological Sites (LIGS)
- Regionally Important Geological Sites (RIGS)
- British Geological Survey Geology 50k
- British Geological Survey Geology 625k
Historic Environment
- Conservation areas
- Listed buildings
- Parks and gardens
- Scheduled monuments
- Registered battlefields
- Protected wreck sites
Ecological Environment
- Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINCs)
- Priority Habitat Inventory (PHI)
- Local Wildlife Sites (LWS)
- Local Nature Reserves (LNR)
- National Nature Reserves (NNR)
- Ramsar
- Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)
- Marine Special Areas of Conservation
- Special Protection Areas (SPA)
- Marine Special Protection Area
- Recommended Marine Conservation Zone
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
- Nature Improvement Areas (NIA)
- RSPB reserves
- UK Important Bird Areas (IBAs)
- Ancient Woodland Inventory (AWI)
- National Forest Inventory (NFI)
Access and Recreation
- National Trails
- National and Regional Cycle Routes
- Country Parks
- Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
- CRoW Act Open Access Land / Open Country
- CRoW Act Registered Common Land
- National Trust Land - Always Open / Limited Access