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Planning consideration

Land registry polygons / red line boundaries

The indicative shapes and positions of each boundary of registered titles for land and property

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Synonyms
  • Land ownership boundary
  • Land Registry Parcels
  • INSPIRE Index Polygons
  • Land Registry Cadastral Parcels
  • Title boundaries
  • Title extent
Legislation
No legislation added
Expected number of records
Unknown
Frequency of updates
Monthly
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Technical specification
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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 'Land registry polygons / red line boundaries' data?

  • What is the driver for the request?

  • Which 2024 focus area does the request support?

Screen

  • What is the 'Land registry polygons / red line boundaries' consideration?

  • Is there legislation that defines 'Land registry polygons / red line boundaries'?

  • Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Land registry polygons / red line boundaries'?

  • Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

  • Is the Land registry polygons / red line boundaries a trigger?

  • Is the Land registry polygons / red line boundaries something to consult during plan making?

  • Is there any Land registry polygons / red line boundaries data already available?

    Yes

    • What Land registry polygons / red line boundaries data is currently available?

      • Item 1

        url
        https://use-land-property-data.service.gov.uk/datasets/inspire/download
        name
        Index polygons spacial data
        fields
        gml_id;INSPIREID;LABEL;NATIONALCADASTRALREFERENCE;VALIDFROM;BEGINLIFESPANVERSION
        licence
        Open Government Licence
        coverage
        National (local authorities individually)
        publisher
        HM Land Registry
        attribution
        This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights [year of supply or date of publication] and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights [year of supply or date of publication] Ordnance Survey AC0000851063.
        metadata_url

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

    Yes - although not technically an entire dataset from one endpoint, the data is available nationally from one provider, HMLR, in individual data packages for each local authority.

  • Will a data standard be required?

    No

Research

  • Do we understand the lifecycle of a Land registry polygons / red line boundaries?

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

  • Where will or should the data be used?

  • Who are the statutory consultees for Land registry polygons / red line boundaries?

  • Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of Land registry polygons / red line boundaries? How do we expect them to use Land registry polygons / red line boundaries?

  • What are the planning needs for this data?

  • Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Land registry polygons / red line boundaries data?

  • What are some potential uses of Land registry polygons / red line boundaries data?

  • What's the value of adding Land registry polygons / red line boundaries data to the platform?

  • From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Land registry polygons / red line boundaries data available?

1 update

  • Kieran Wint (03 September 2024)

    Data for index polygons is updated on a monthly basis as per the dataset explainer. An example given is that data published in April will contain data from March.

Last updated: 2025-04-15 10:47:33