A conservation area is a tract of land that has been awarded protected status in order to ensure that natural features or biota are safeguarded. A conservation area may be a nature reserve, a park, a land reclamation project, or other area. A nature reserve (natural reserve, nature preserve, natural preserve) is an area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research. ... An Australian park A park is any of a number of geographic features. ... Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices. ...

In the United Kingdom, the term Conservation Area nearly always applies to an area (usually urban) considered worthy of preservation or enhancement because of its special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance, as required by the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (Section 69 and 70). Current Government planning policy on Conservation Areas is laid down in Planning Policy Guidence Note 15: Planning and the Historic Environment (PPG15), Section 4. Look up urban in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the laws on granting of planning permission for building works, notably including those of the listed building system. ...

There are additional planning controls over certain works carried out within the Conservation Area. For example, demolition within Conservation Areas requires consent. The designation does not preclude development from taking place, but does require that developments preserve or enhance the historic character of the area, for example by ensuring that newly constructed buildings are of a high quality design. Conservation Area status also removes some permitted development rights that apply in undesignated areas. A high-reach excavator is used to demolish this tower block in northern England Demolition is the opposite of construction: the tearing-down of buildings and other structures. ...

See also

• Special Area of Conservation
• Conservation designation
• Listed building

A Special Area of Conservation (SAC) is defined in the European Commission Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), also known as the Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora. ... A conservation designation is a name and/or acronym which explains the status of an area of land in terms of conservation or protection. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...

References

Planning Policy Guidance Note 15: Planning and the Historic Environment