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Concept information

Preferred term

CONSERVATION AREAS  

Definition

  • AN AREA DEEMED TO BE OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL, NATURAL, OR OTHER INTEREST, WHOSE CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE ARE PROTECTED (USUALLY BY LAW) FROM UNDESIRABLE CHANGES

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • AREAS OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY
  • HERITAGE COASTS
  • SITES OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST
  • SSSI

History note

  • DEFINITION ADDED DECEMBER 2005

Definition source

  • OED

URI

https://hasset.ukdataservice.ac.uk/2b03bf43-6a46-425f-8d8c-9410cf06a6de

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