Projects

We're collecting and publishing land and housing data to build a national picture of planning.

Project groups

In progress

Projects we have started to investigate. We have begun understanding the planning related user needs and collecting data where data is being created.

  • Conservation areas

    We are going to explore how we can help Local Authorities make Conservation area data available.

  • Development plans (formerly Local plans)

    We are developing a data standard to help make it easier for Local authorities to publish their local plans and policies as data.

  • Local plan pathfinders

    A project to explore the policy areas that make up a local plan

  • Local plans

    We are developing a data standard to help make it easier for Local authorities to publish their local plans and policies as data.

  • OxCam Arc evidence data

    A project to explore how we collect Local Plan evidence data and provide it to local authorities

  • Sites pathfinders

    A project to explore sites data in the local plan making process

Ongoing

Projects we haved worked on that are ongoing. This means they are still ticking along in the background but they are not currently our primary focus.

  • Brownfield land

    We have published a national picture of Brownfield Land using the registers Local Authorities currently maintain.

  • Developer contributions

    We are building a national picture of developer contributions, including Section 106 and CIL contributions

Completed

Projects that we have finished. These are time boxed projects that have a clear start and end, such as a discovery into a policy area.

Backlog

Areas, impacting planning, where we believe there is useful data to find and publish.

We will investigate each area to understand the users and their needs in the context of planning, and make sure any relevant data can be published and used by the BOPS and RIPA projects.

  • Areas of outstanding natural beauty

    We are going to explore how we can make data on Areas of Outstanding National Beauty easier to find, use and trust.

  • Article 4 direction

    We are going to explore how we can help Local Authorities make Article 4 direction data available.

  • Basic land and property unit classification

    We are going to explore how we can make land and property classifaction data available.

  • Employment space

    We are going to explore how we can standardise and help Local Authorities make available employment space metrics in policy and planning decisions.

  • Flood zones

    We are going to explore how we can make data on flooding easier to find, use and trust.

  • Green belt

    We are going to explore how we can help Local Authorities make Greenbelt data available.

  • Gypsy and traveller sites

    We are going to explore how we can help Local Authorities make Gypsy and Traveller Sites data available.

  • Heritage assets

    We are going to explore how we can make data on highways easier to find, use and trust.

  • Housing numbers

    We are going to explore how we can standardise and help Local Authorities make available housing number metrics in policy and planning decisions.

  • Local heritage

    We are going to explore how we can help Local Authorities make local heritage data available.

  • National heritage assets

    We are going to explore how we can make data on national heritage assets easier to find, use and trust.

  • National parks

    We are going to explore how we can make data on National Parks easier to find, use and trust.

  • Nature conservation areas

    We are going to explore how we can make data on nature conservation easier to find, use and trust.

  • Neighbourhood plans

    We are going to explore how we can help Local Authorities make Neighbourhood Plan data available.

  • Planning conditions

    We are going to explore how we can help Local Authorities make Neighbourhood Plan data available.

  • Planning decisions

    We are going to explore how we can help Local Authorities make Neighbourhood Plan data available.

  • Property ownership

    We are going to explore how we can help Local Authorities make Neighbourhood Plan data available.

  • Proposal maps

    We are going to explore how we can help Local Authorities make proposal maps data available.

  • Site allocations

    We are going to explore how we can help Local Authorities make site allocations data available.

  • Site of special scientific interest

    We are going to explore how we can make data on Sites of Special Scientific Interest easier to find, use and trust.

  • Trees and hedgerows

    We are going to explore how we can make data on Sites of Special Scientific Interest easier to find, use and trust.

  • Use class orders

    We are going to explore how we can make data on Sites of Special Scientific Interest easier to find, use and trust.

  • Validation lists

    We are going to explore how we can make data on validation lists easier to find, use and trust.

  • Vistas

    We are going to explore how we can help Local Authorities make protected vista data available.

  • Woodlands

    We are going to explore how we can make data on woodlands easier to find, use and trust.