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Planning consideration

Uprn

Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) is the unique identifier for every addressable location in the UK

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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 'Uprn' data?

    The Geospatial Commission has published a list of 65 open datasets that they believe are used during the housing and planning process. This includes UPRNs

  • What is the driver for the request?

    Other

  • Which 2024 focus area does the request support?

    • Modern planning software

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  • What is the 'Uprn' consideration?

    OS Open UPRN

    UPRNs are the authoritative identifier used to uniquely identify addressable locations in Great Britain. Essential for bringing property and address information together.

  • Is there legislation that defines 'Uprn'?

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

    Ordnance Survey

  • Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

    • Ordnance Survey

  • Is the Uprn a trigger?

    No

  • Is the Uprn something to consult during plan making?

  • Is there any Uprn data already available?

    Yes

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

    Yes - Ordnance Survey

  • Will a data standard be required?

    No

Research

  • Do we understand the lifecycle of a Uprn?

    Yes

    • Document a stage of the high-level lifecycle of a Uprn

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

    A UPRN is a unique numeric identifier for every addressable location in Great Britain. The UPRN is the persistent identifier providing consistency across the AddressBase product range.

    Each address record has a UPRN, assigned by Local Authorities in England, Wales and Scotland or Ordnance Survey depending on the type of address. This is the primary key of the AddressBase Core product. Throughout its lifecycle, information on the address of a property can change. This may be due to a change of name, change of use, or the eventual demolition of the property. Independent of any changes being made

    the UPRN associated to an address is never changed, meaning the unique identifier remains persistent and reliable.

  • Where will or should the data be used?

    UPRNs are used in lots of datasets so would be useful to link datasets together

  • Who are the statutory consultees for Uprn?

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

    N/A

  • What are the planning needs for this data?

    A specific planning need is unclear

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

    N/A

  • What are some potential uses of Uprn data?

    Use of UPRN data can reduce any nature of ambiguity in identifying correct properties, whether this be for emergency, logistics or domestic reason. An example could be for someone selling their home. A user would be able to find out the UPRN of their property through the platform, so that there would never be any confusion over which property is up for sale, potentially in a tight cluster.

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

    UPRNs are the authoritative identifier used to uniquely identify addressable locations in Great Britain.

    This means they are used in lots of different datasets. Using them allows us to link more datasets together and know more about the property or addressable location in question

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

3 updates

  • Colm Britton (31 October 2024)

    We have done some analysis of the existing dataset published by OS

  • elliotrowen (03 September 2024)

    This is updated every 6 weeks by the OS: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/os-open-uprn

  • Claire Miller (28 June 2024)

    Planning need is unclear

Last updated: 2024-09-05 11:00:41