Article 4 Direction data from Guildford Borough Council, last updated on 2026-07-08. This dataset identifies areas of land where Permitted Development Rights are restricted under UK planning law. The dataset is published under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Mapping land with restricted development rights based on the described planning policy.
- Analyzing the spatial distribution of planning controls based on the land area concept.
- Supporting planning application assessments based on the presence of Article 4 Directions.
- Modeling development potential constraints based on the restriction of Permitted Development Rights.
Strengths
- Data is provided by an authoritative local government body, Guildford Borough Council.
- Dataset has a clear and open license (CC-BY-4.0).
- Update timestamp is precise, indicating active maintenance.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and file format are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Guildford Borough Council
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled and maintained by the local planning authority.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:26.185762; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Likely covers the administrative area of Guildford Borough, UK.