Planning consideration

Local authority district

The geographic area that a local government body is responsible for

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

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• Synonyms: No synonyms added
• Legislation: No legislation added
• Expected number of records: 361
• Frequency of updates: Unknown
• Useful links: No useful links added
• Technical specification: No specification added

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Related dataset

• Local authority district:

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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 'Local authority district' data?

• What is the driver for the request?

• Which 2024 focus area does the request support?

Screen

• What is the 'Local authority district' consideration?

• Is there legislation that defines 'Local authority district'?

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

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

• Is the Local authority district a trigger?

• Is the Local authority district something to consult during plan making?

• Is there any Local authority district data already available?

  Yes

  • What Local authority district data is currently available?

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      • url: https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/datasets/ons::local-authority-districts-may-2023-boundaries-uk-bfc/about
      • name: Local Authority Districts (May 2023) Boundaries UK BFC
      • fields: LAD23CD;LAD23NM;LAD23NMW;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.

• Will a data standard be required?

  No

Research

• Do we understand the lifecycle of a Local authority district?

• 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 Local authority district?

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

• What are the planning needs for this data?

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

• What are some potential uses of Local authority district data?

• What's the value of adding Local authority district data to the platform?

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

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2 updates

• Claire Miller (26 September 2024)

  As per some research we did, summarised in this blog on an analysis of local plans and local area requirements, we're confident that this consideration acts as an INPUT to the process of creating a local plan.

• Kieran Wint (06 September 2024)

  We have marked the data update frequency as unknown, as we were unable to find anything definitive. One thing of possible note is the BCE (Boundary Commission for England), who do produce annual reports, but whether this is reflected in the updating of data is unknown.

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Last updated: 2025-04-24 11:28:40