PBRS I - Site Based

Sophisticated use of Geographical Information System (GIS) enables the site based PBRS to interrogate by site, by attribute, by record, by score and by geographical location, allowing sites which score highly in particular categories to be prioritised. Decision makers can then use the data in a variety of ways according to specific issues, concerns and priorities.

For example, if the intention is to focus effort on sites which provide greatest social benefit, then those sites which score in the highest percentiles for social benefit and public accessibility can be easily identified. However, the preferred approach is to identify those sites showing combined social, economic and environmental potential - a "win, win, win" scenario.

At a local level, the PBRS can also be interrogated to identify sites for which particular attributes might apply, for example sites that are within 500 metres of ancient woodland or the proportion of residential land use within 500m of a site boundary.

This site based PBRS was used in analysing the 2002 Northwest DUN survey in relation to community woodland provision and management. Using this project as an example, the subsequent pages show how your data could be used with a site based PBRS to boost the public benefit delivered through your regeneration programmes.