Kent Historic Landscape Characterisation (HLC)

Oxford Archaeological Unit (now Oxford Archaeology) was commissioned by English Heritage and Kent County Council to undertake an Historic Landscape Characterisation of Kent including Medway. The primary aim was to produce a digital map of Kent's Historic Landscape Types with associated explanatory text that would a) enhance the formulation of development plans, structural planning programmes, development control and conservation activities; b) establish a framework in conjunction with the complimentary countrywide landscape assessment for future historic landscape assessment and research. The assessment was designed to be compatible with the KCC GIS and Sites and Monuments Record (now Historic Environment Record). The dataset consists of two ESRI shapefiles and a set of PDF reports.