Postcodes

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 Postcodes consideration, determine if a data standard is required and whether we know enough to move on to the next stage.

• What is the 'Postcodes' consideration?

  Postcodes is not the dataset name -> Code-Point Open Code-Point with Polygons

• Is there legislation that defines 'Postcodes'?

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

  Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

  • Ordnance Survey
  • Royal Mail

• Is the Postcodes a trigger?

• Is the Postcodes something to consult during plan making?

• Is there any Postcodes data already available?

  Yes

  • What Postcodes data is currently available?

    • Item 1

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      • url: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/code-point-polygons#technical
      • name: Code-Point with Polygons
      • fields: FID; Shape; POSTCODE; UPP; PC_AREA
      • licence: PSGA to Government. Need to consider what platform needs it for in more detail
      • coverage: GB
      • publisher: Ordnance Survey
      • attribution: © Crown copyright and database rights [Member inserts year] OS [Member inserts their licence number]
      • metadata_url: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/documents/product-support/tech-spec/code-point-with-polygons-technical-specification-v1.2.pdf

    • Item 2

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      • url: https://beta.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/code-point-open#overview
      • name: Code-Point OPEN
      • fields: postcode; PQI; Easting; Northing; Country Code; NHS regional health authority code; administrative county code; administrative district code; administrative ward code
      • 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/code-point-open-technical-specification-v3.2.pdf

    • Item 3

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      • url: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/code-point#technical
      • name: Code-Point
      • fields: Postcode; Positional quality indicator (PQI); PO Box indicator; Total delivery points; Delivery points; Domestic delivery points; Non-domestic delivery; PO Box domestic delivery points; Matched addressed premises; Unmatched delivery points; Easting; Northing; Country code; NHS regional health authority code; NHS health authority code; Administrative county code; Administrative district code; Administrative ward code; Postcode type
      • licence: PSGA to Government. Need to consider what platform needs it for in more detail
      • coverage: GB
      • publisher: Ordnance Survey
      • attribution: © Crown copyright and database rights [Member inserts year] OS [Member inserts their licence number]
      • metadata_url: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/documents/product-support/tech-spec/code-point-technical-specification-v3.1.pdf

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

  Ordnance Survey

• Will a data standard be required?

  No