Northern Ireland Historic Industrial Land Use Database

Approximately 14,000 sites in Northern Ireland with a history of industrial land use are recorded in this database. The dataset is maintained by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and is available for download and mapping. It supports environmental assessment, planning, and historical research related to land contamination and industrial heritage.

Use Cases

• Environmental risk assessment based on historic industrial site locations.
• Land use planning and development screening using the site inventory.
• Creating web map visualizations for public or internal dashboards.
• Historical analysis of industrial activity patterns across Northern Ireland.

Strengths

• Contains a specific, sizable inventory of approximately 14,000 sites.
• Cross-platform presence on EU and UK open data portals indicates official status and reliability.
• Explicitly licensed for reuse under the UK Open Government Licence.

Limitations

• Column names and detailed schema are not provided in the available metadata.
• The 'last updated' date of 2026-05-20 appears to be a future date, casting doubt on metadata accuracy.
• Lacks specific information on the temporal coverage of the recorded land uses.

Provenance

Source

Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA)

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

2026-05-20 19:01:38.562290 (Note: This is a future date, suggesting a potential metadata error.)

Geography

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom