Article 4 Directions: Active Planning Restrictions in South Cambridgeshire

South Cambridgeshire District Council maintains this dataset of currently active Article 4 Directions. These are planning restrictions that remove permitted development rights for specific areas or types of development. The data is served via a Web Map Service (WMS) and was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Identify areas with restricted development rights based on the active Article 4 Directions.
• Analyze spatial patterns of planning controls for policy review.
• Support property development feasibility studies by checking local planning constraints.
• Create maps for public consultation or internal planning reports using the WMS service.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly described as showing currently active Article 4 Directions, providing a clear temporal status.
• The dataset originates from the authoritative local planning body, South Cambridgeshire District Council.
• Last update timestamp (2026-07-08 13:32:55.012688) is provided for recency assessment.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the South Cambridgeshire District Council jurisdiction.

Provenance

Source

South Cambridgeshire District Council

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:55.012688; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Cambridgeshire District, United Kingdom