Historic Town Management Guidance

These maps are derived from the reports written for the Extensive Urban Survey, which required a full survey of the towns. They aim to provide a simple reference to the relative historical importance of the towns and to help with the preparation of Local Development Frameworks, Community Strategies and other neighbourhood initiatives, as well as providing a rapid filtering system for planning decisions. Three main divisions are noted: Areas of medieval and post-medieval settlement - in these areas there are likely to be standing and buried remains of historical and archaeological importance. Areas of 19th century urbanism - in these areas standing buildings are likely to be of more historical importance than buried deposits. Remainder of the survey area, - outside the two categories above there are still known archaeological and historical features, but these are too early, small or poorly defined to be included in the above categories. They may still, however, be of importance and development in these areas may still need archaeological action.本批地图源自为全面城镇调查（Extensive Urban Survey）编制的报告，该调查要求对城镇开展全面普查。本批地图旨在为城镇的相对历史重要性提供简明参考依据，助力地方发展框架、社区战略及其他邻里相关举措的编制工作，同时可为规划决策提供快速筛选工具。本次分类共涵盖三大类别：1. 中世纪及后中世纪定居区：此类区域大概率留存有兼具历史与考古价值的地表及地下遗存；2. 19世纪城区：此类区域内的现存建筑相较地下堆积物更具历史价值；3. 调查区域剩余范围：除上述两类区域外，此处仍存在已知的考古与历史遗迹，但因年代过早、规模过小或界定模糊，未纳入前述类别。不过此类区域仍可能具备考古价值，区域内开展开发活动时仍需落实考古相关工作。