A receptor is a person, place, asset or environmental feature that may be affected by a specified project activity. Define the impact pathway before assigning a screening class: noise at a school, water use downstream, or habitat disturbance require different evidence.
Create a receptor record
Retain a stable ID, class, subtype, source, observation date, location confidence and review status. Keep the original tags or source description. Useful classes include public services, settlements, water use, habitat, and cultural or community sites.
Class is a description, not a universal significance score. A school's presence does not establish occupancy, exposure or sensitivity to every activity. Missing information should remain unknown.
Screen against project geometry
Intersect mapped footprints with a defined activity area, or calculate proximity in a suitable projected CRS. Document any buffer as a review distance and its basis. Do not imply that a generic distance threshold is a regulatory limit.
Review duplicate observations, approximate points and source dates. Produce a shortlist containing the feature ID, potential pathway, evidence and question for field verification.
Temane classification example
The example separates attached amenity and water features. Its chart uses a subset of water records and an illustrative amenity grouping; it is not a complete receptor inventory or an assessment of impact significance.