Greenspaces (UDP June 2006): Rochdale Borough Council Land Use Allocations

Greenspace allocations from the Rochdale Unitary Development Plan (UDP) adopted in June 2006. The data likely contains spatial designations for recreational open space, allotments, greenspace corridors, and recreational management areas as defined in UDP Chapters 14 and 15. It is provided by Rochdale Borough Council and was last updated in July 2026.

Use Cases

• Map protected recreational open spaces based on the G/3 policy allocation.
• Analyze the distribution of allotment sites based on the G/7 policy allocation.
• Identify and model greenspace corridors based on the G/8 and G/9 policy allocations.
• Plan for recreational management areas based on the RE/7 policy allocation.

Strengths

• Specific policy references (G/3, G/7, G/8, G/9, RE/7) link data to formal planning documents.
• Data has a clear authoritative source: Rochdale Borough Council.
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and policy bias specific to the Rochdale UDP from 2006.

Provenance

Source

Rochdale Borough Council

Collection Method

Likely digitized from the statutory Rochdale Unitary Development Plan (UDP).

Time Range

Policy basis from June 2006.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:49.316723; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Rochdale Borough, UK.