Development Completed: New Building and Refurbishment Records Since 1990

Records all completions of new buildings and refurbishments over 1000 sq m since 1990. The data is updated bi-annually and is provided by the Government Digital Service. It includes details on floorspace, use classes, and construction dates.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in commercial and residential construction based on floorspace and completion dates.
• Modeling urban development density based on geospatial coordinates (Easting and Northing).
• Assessing changes in land use based on proposed and existing Use Classes Order categories.
• Tracking the lifecycle of planning permissions from commencement to completion.

Strengths

• Includes a long temporal range, with records dating back to 1990.
• Provides detailed breakdowns of floorspace by specific Use Classes Orders (e.g., A1-A5, B1, C3).
• Contains geospatial coordinates (X & Y) for location analysis.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Some fields are noted as blank for records prior to March 2013.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Records from development surveys, output from a system named Uniform.

Time Range

Since 1990

Freshness

Updated bi-annually.

Geography

Likely covers a specific region or country associated with the eu_open_data platform, but not explicitly stated.