Data sources & licences

Sources

Every source is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

• Planning designations: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) and the planning authorities that publish to it: conservation areas, Article 4 direction areas, tree preservation zones, brownfield land registers and green belt.
• Flood zones: Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea), Environment Agency, via planning.data.gov.uk.
• Nature designations: National Landscapes, Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Special Areas of Conservation and the Ancient Woodland Inventory, Natural England; national parks, Office for National Statistics; via planning.data.gov.uk.
• Heritage: National Heritage List for England (Historic England); Historic Environment Scotland's designations; Heritage at Risk Register (Historic England).
• Radon: Indicative Atlas of Radon, UK Health Security Agency and British Geological Survey.
• Flood risk and coastal erosion figures: National Flood Risk Assessment (NaFRA2) and National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping (NCERM 2024), Environment Agency.
• Regions: Regions (December 2024) boundaries, Office for National Statistics, used to divide the packs.

Attribution

When you publish or share anything built from the packs, keep these attributions:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains National Heritage List for England data from Historic England © Crown Copyright 2026. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and OS data © Historic Environment Scotland and Crown Copyright and database right 2026. © Natural England. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2022. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

The README in each zip lists the attribution for every layer. The licences do not imply that the publishers endorse this product or you.

Personal data

The packs hold designations, heritage entries and district totals. They name no owner, occupier or applicant.