Council wards

Research

Stages

• Backlog
• Screen
• Research

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These are the questions we answer during the Research stage.

Answering them wil help us learn more about the Council wards consideration, determine if a data standard is required and whether we know enough to move on to the next stage.

• Do we understand the lifecycle of a Council wards?

  No

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

  N/A

• Where will or should the data be used?

  N/A

• What other planning considerations does it interact with?

  N/A

• Who are the statutory consultees for Council wards?

  N/A

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

  N/A

• What are the planning needs for this data?

  Council wards are an important dataset for planning, as often neighbourhood plan areas are split by ward - or sometimes multiple wards. Planning applications are also often mapped against ward, and this allows LPAs to consider homes coming forward / completed against housing targets through the authrority monitoring report.

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

  N/A

• What are some potential uses of Council wards data?

  N/A

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

  N/A

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

  N/A