Flooding Grants for Businesses Affected by the 2015 Leeds Christmas Floods

Grants awarded to businesses in Leeds affected by the Christmas 2015 floods, with each line representing a single grant. The dataset is provided by Leeds City Council under the OGL-UK-3.0 license and was last updated on 2026-07-08. It details two types of grants: relief grants for recovery and resilience grants for preventative measures.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution and uptake of business relief versus resilience grants based on the grant types described.
• Study the local economic impact of a specific flood event based on the focus on the Christmas 2015 floods in Leeds.
• Evaluate local government disaster response frameworks based on references to Section 19 Flood Investigation Reports and the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy.

Strengths

• Data is provided by an official local government authority, Leeds City Council.
• The license is explicitly stated as OGL-UK-3.0, clarifying terms of use.
• The temporal focus is clearly defined around the Christmas 2015 flood event.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The data file format is DOCX, which may require conversion for analysis.

Provenance

Source

Leeds City Council

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official grant application and award records.

Time Range

Centered on the Christmas 2015 flood event.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:52.432493; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Leeds, United Kingdom.