Guidance - Bringing together housing, land and planning geospatial datasets
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The Geospatial Commission has brought together a collection of
sixty housing, land and planning open datasets to make data easier
to find for the sector. Download Housing, Land & Planning
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The Geospatial Commission has brought together a collection
of sixty housing, land and planning open datasets to make
data easier to find for the sector.
Download The Geospatial Commission was established in 2018 as an expert committee to set the UK’s geospatial strategy and promote the best use of geospatial data. As part of our housing and planning work we have been investigating the barriers to finding and accessing geospatial data and the role it could play in meeting the UK’s housing goals. This webpage supports the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) framework. It brings together a range of useful and open datasets from the hundreds we have identified to make them more findable, in support of the FAIR framework. We aim to add additional datasets to this webpage over the coming months. The public sector has already released a large amount of data under the Open Government License (OGL) and users are free to use and re-use the information that is available under this licence freely and flexibly, with only a few conditions. The amount and variety of data used within housing, land and planning in the UK is incredible, covering areas such as:
The Geospatial Commission has identified over 300 datasets that are used during the housing and planning process. They come from a variety of sources, with a variety of licences, and not all of them are open. We have brought them together for the first time in support of our wider Housing and Planning Programme, and we have so far published a list of 60, most of which are covered by OGL. Some of the datasets do contain 3rd party data which is not covered by an open licence. In the coming weeks, we will add further datasets to this list, including those from devolved administrations which will help those looking to understand what data is available, and how it can be accessed. Of the 300 we have identified, the British Geological Survey is the largest data provider with 45 datasets, followed by local authorities providing 42 datasets. Half of the data sources are published under the OGL, with many of the datasets being found on data.gov If you have suggestions of datasets we should include as we expand this list in the coming weeks, please email us geospatialcommission@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. The 60 Datasets have been organised into the following categories: Data Catalogues, Building, Environmental, Land, Planning and Statistics. Data Catalogues Building
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