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Planning consideration

Business improvement districts

Business Improvement Districts are business led partnerships which are created through a ballot process to deliver additional services to local businesses.

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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 'Business improvement districts' data?

    Claire, planning policy SME

  • What is the driver for the request?

    Existing planning requirement

  • Which 2024 focus area does the request support?

Screen

  • What is the 'Business improvement districts' consideration?

    A Business Improvement District is a defined area in which a levy is charged on all eligible business rate payers in addition to the business rates bill. This levy is used to develop projects which will benefit businesses in the local area.

    There is no limit on what projects or services can be provided through a Business Improvement District. The only requirement is that it should be something that is in addition to services provided by local authorities. Improvements may include, but are not limited to, extra safety/security, cleansing and environmental measures.

    Typically, a Business Improvement District is within a local authority boundary but in April 2013 government introduced Cross Boundary Business Improvement Districts enabling Business Improvement Districts to operate across local authority boundaries.

  • Is there legislation that defines 'Business improvement districts'?

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

  • Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

    • Local authorities

  • Is the Business improvement districts a trigger?

  • Is the Business improvement districts something to consult during plan making?

  • Is there any Business improvement districts data already available?

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

    No

  • Will a data standard be required?

    Yes

Research

  • Do we understand the lifecycle of a Business improvement districts?

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

  • Where will or should the data be used?

  • Who are the statutory consultees for Business improvement districts?

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

  • What are the planning needs for this data?

    A business improvement district acts as a planning designation, and will be a consideration when plan-making. It will be useful to present this data on the platform.

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

  • What are some potential uses of Business improvement districts data?

  • What's the value of adding Business improvement districts data to the platform?

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

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Last updated: 2025-04-24 13:39:40