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Glossary of tags

These terms are defined for purpose of grouping related planning considerations. This will help you understand how they relate to planning considerations in the Data design service.

Glossary of tags

Amenity

Location information identifying local amenities

Bng

Information that is required for Biodiversity Net Gain assessments

Boundary

Provides the boundaries of a particular administrative area. Value-neutral.

Community

Data on spaces for the benefit of the community

Connectivity

Data which can be used to calculate how well connected a location is to transport and services

Constraint

Location information which may constrain or prevent development in a given area

Controlled waters

Data which relates to any controlled waters, as defined in Part III of the Water Resources Act 1991. This includes terretorial waters, coastal waters, inland freshwater and groundwater

Culture

Data on cultural amenities

Data

Generic value-neutral data such as identifiers eg UPRN

Development risk

Factors which may require mitigation during development to ensure ongoing safe working and living, but should not otherwise constrain development as a whole

Education

Data relating to educational establishments

Energy

Data relating to energy usage and production

Environmental

Any environmental factor which may affect development

Footnote 7

Any constraint identified in Footnote 7 of the 2024 National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). These constraints must be considered in the presumption in favour of sustainable development

Health

Data relating to healthcare provision

Heritage

Data relating to protected heritage assets

Housing supply and delivery

Statistical data relating to housing supply and delivery within a planning authority

Infrastructure

Physical infrastructure required to support communities and development

Landscape

Constraints which relate to the protection of landscapes

Leisure

Amenities representing leisure opportunities

Levy

Data on charges relating to development

Licensing restriction

Tag indicating that data required to fulfil this requirement is not currently available as open data as defined in OGL

Local information

Data which may influence the nature of development in an area but does not necessarily act as a constraint to development

Local land charge

Data which forms part of a Local Land Charge

Local plan

Data which should form part of a planning authority's Local Plan

Nist

Data relating to infrastructure which forms part of the National Infrastructure Spatial Tool (NIST)

Nsip

Nationally significant infrastructure projects

Odp

Data forming part of the requirements for the Open Digital Planning (ODP) programme

Opportunity

Data which identifies areas earmarked for development

Pdr

Information relating to Permitted Development Rights (PDR)

Planning permission

Data relating to planning permissions

Policies map

Data which is expected to appear on a local authority's policy map

Safeguarded land

Land which is safeguarded from development

Statistics

General statistics. Non-spatial data