Planning consideration

Border

The boundary of England as provided by the ONS for the purposes of producing statistics.

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• Design stage: On the platform
• Tags:
  • boundary

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• Synonyms: No synonyms added
• Legislation: No legislation added
• Expected number of records: 1
• Frequency of updates: Ad hoc
• Useful links: No useful links added
• Technical specification: No specification added

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Related dataset

• Border:

  • View schema on Github

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Background information

Each planning consideration we work on passes through the stages of our design process, where we research and answer specific questions to help us collect more information.

Backlog

• Who asked for 'Border' data?

  Paul Downey, Service Owner

• What is the driver for the request?

• Which 2024 focus area does the request support?

  • Other

Screen

• What is the 'Border' consideration?

• Is there legislation that defines 'Border'?

• Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Border'?

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

• Is the Border a trigger?

• Is the Border something to consult during plan making?

• Is there any Border data already available?

  Yes

  • What Border data is currently available?

    • Item 1

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      • url: https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/datasets/ons::countries-december-2023-boundaries-uk-bfc-2/about
      • name: Countries (December 2023) Boundaries UK BFC
      • fields: CTRY23CD;CTRY23NM;CTRY23NMW;BNG_E;BNG_N;LONG;LAT;Shape__Area;Shape__Length
      • licence: Open Government Licence
      • coverage: National
      • publisher: Office for National Statistics (ONS)
      • attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right [year]

• Do we think the data should come from a single source?

  Yes - this data is available nationally from the ONS.

• Will a data standard be required?

  No

Research

• Do we understand the lifecycle of a Border?

• Do we understand how the data is created/produced?

• Where will or should the data be used?

• What other planning considerations does it interact with?

• Who are the statutory consultees for Border?

• Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of Border? How do we expect them to use Border?

• What are the planning needs for this data?

• Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Border data?

• What are some potential uses of Border data?

• What's the value of adding Border data to the platform?

• From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Border data available?

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Last updated: 2025-05-14 06:59:27