Hackney Metropolitan Open Land Boundaries for Urban Planning

London's Hackney borough provides geospatial data on land designated as Metropolitan Open Land (MOL), which receives protection equivalent to the Metropolitan Green Belt. The dataset was digitized from paper maps over Ordnance Survey historic basemaps and is maintained by the London Borough of Hackney. It was last updated on July 8, 2026.

Use Cases

• Assessing land protection status based on MOL designation criteria described in the metadata.
• Analyzing spatial distribution of open land for recreation and nature conservation as defined by the strategic criteria.
• Modeling urban growth boundaries by identifying land that structures London's physical form.
• Evaluating sites for leisure and cultural facilities based on the criteria for open-air facilities serving significant parts of London.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly linked to a strategic policy framework for land protection.
• Boundary alterations follow a defined process (LDF) involving the Mayor and adjoining authorities.
• Last updated date is precisely recorded as 2026-07-08 13:31:52.415704.

Limitations

• Row count and file size are unknown, limiting suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data was digitized from paper maps, which may introduce digitization errors or legacy inaccuracies.

Provenance

Source

London Borough of Hackney

Collection Method

Digitized from paper maps over Ordnance Survey historic maps.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:52.415704; freshness should be verified.

Geography

London Borough of Hackney, United Kingdom