Council wards
Local areas that have been divided for voting purposes
- Design stage
- Test and iterate
- Tags
- local plan
- Also known as
- Wards, Electoral wards
- Datasets
- Frequency of updates
- Quarterly
- Discussion
- Join the discussion on GitHub
- Last updated
- 26 September 2024
Backlog
Who asked for 'Council wards' 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 Council Wards
What is the driver for the request?
Other
Which 2024 focus area does the request support?
Modern planning software
Screen
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?
- Boundary-Line (publisher: Ordnance Survey; coverage: GB; licence: OGL version 3)
- Wards (May 2024) Boundaries UK BGC (publisher: ONS; coverage: UK; licence: OGL version 3; fields: WD24CD;WD24NM;WD24NMW;BNG_E;BNG_N;LONG;LAT;Shape_Area;Shape_Length)
Will a data standard be required?
No
Research
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