Council wards

Screen

Stages

• Backlog
• Screen
• Research

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These are the questions we answer during the Screen 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.

• What is the 'Council wards' consideration?

  Boundary-Line is updated twice a year, in spring and autumn.

  The updated product is a full replacement for all the listed administrative and electoral boundaries. The represented boundaries and administrative unit names are defined and modified by Orders, Acts and Statutory Instruments (SIs). Changes that are operative from the first week of May in the current year of release will be included. Changes to Westminster constituencies that are effective from the date of the next general election will be included as separate files.

• Is there legislation that defines 'Council wards'?

  No

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

  Unknown

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

  • Local authorities
  • Ordnance Survey

• Is the Council wards a trigger?

  No

• Is the Council wards something to consult during plan making?

  No

• Is there any Council wards data already available?

  Yes

  • What Council wards data is currently available?

    • Item 1

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      • url: https://beta.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/boundary-line
      • name: Boundary-Line
      • licence: OGL version 3
      • coverage: GB
      • publisher: Ordnance Survey
      • attribution: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year]
      • metadata_url: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/documents/product-support/tech-spec/boundary-line-technical-specification-v4.3.pdf

    • Item 2

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      • url: https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/datasets/69b2084e13284ea59be314cb28edc41c_0/explore?location=54.660612%2C-1.891581%2C8.00
      • name: Wards (May 2024) Boundaries UK BGC
      • fields: WD24CD;WD24NM;WD24NMW;BNG_E;BNG_N;LONG;LAT;Shape_Area;Shape_Length
      • licence: OGL version 3
      • coverage: UK
      • publisher: 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?

• Will a data standard be required?

  No