Cheshire Historic Environment Record Conditions of Use

By accepting information provided by Archaeology Planning Advisory Service of Cheshire Shared Services from the Cheshire Historic Environment Record you are acknowledging that you have read and agree to these conditions of use.

  1. Our information is supplied subject to Section 141 of the Local Government Act 1972, and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
  2. The Archaeology Planning Advisory Service is committed to the protection, conservation and enhancement of the historic environment. Therefore, enquirers may be required to inform the Service of the purpose of their enquiry.
  3. Access to all or part of the information requested may be refused in certain circumstances. For example, where the request is manifestly unreasonable, relates to the subject matter of any legal or other proceedings, contains confidential material or its disclosure would increase the likelihood of damage to the environment.
  4. The Historic Environment Record may collect personal information when you provide it to us and retain correspondence. This information is used in as aggregated and anonymous form for the purpose of the Service’s annual reports and to enable your enquiry to be fulfilled. Cheshire West and Chester Council, who host Archaeology Planning Advisory Service, is regulated under the UK General Data Protection Regulation and are responsible as ‘controller’ of that personal information for the purposes of those laws. For further Information see: www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/system-pages/privacy-policy.aspx.
  5. The Historic Environment Record is the joint copyright of Cheshire East Council, Cheshire West and Chester Council, Halton Borough Council and Warrington Borough Council.
  6. Historic Environment Record contains information which may be the copyright of others. It is the user's responsibility to ensure that the laws of copyright are not breached.
  7. Dissemination of the information provided to a third party without the written consent of the Historic Environment Record is a breach of copyright. The information supplied shall be used for the specified purpose only.
  8. Users are requested to make appropriate acknowledgement of the Historic Environment Record in any publication or report which has made use of its information.
  9. Users are encouraged to inform the Historic Environment Record of new sites or information on existing sites, discovered as part of their research. Copies of, or access to, the research should also be made available to the Historic Environment Record.
  10. The information in the Historic Environment Record has been compiled from a variety of (often unchecked) sources; therefore, Cheshire West and Chester Council or any of its officers cannot accept responsibility for any omissions or consequences of errors and will not accept any claims for negligence or compensation.

Please note: The inclusion of a site in the Historic Environment Record in no way implies that public access to that site is available. Most sites (including Scheduled Monuments) and buildings are on private land and have no public access.