Housing Land Audit: Fife Site Allocations and Completions

Polygon data covers all sites allocated for housing in Fife since 2001 and some earlier. The dataset includes quantitative metrics on site capacity, area, annual house completions, and future projections. Site characteristics detail land type, likely housing tenure, developer, allocation history, and current status, providing a snapshot as of 1st April each year.

Use Cases

• Monitoring housing delivery targets based on site completion projections by year.
• Analyzing brownfield versus greenfield development patterns based on site land type.
• Assessing pipeline efficiency by tracking site status (complete, effective, constrained, deleted).
• Forecasting local housing supply based on site capacity and developer information.

Strengths

• Includes polygon geospatial data for spatial analysis of housing sites.
• Provides a long-term temporal view with data from at least 2001 onward.
• Contains detailed site characteristics like land type, tenure, and developer, enabling multifaceted analysis.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, specific column names, and license information is missing from all sources.
• The dataset is described as a static annual snapshot, which may limit real-time analysis.
• Descriptions are repeated verbatim across platforms, suggesting potential lack of detailed, platform-specific documentation.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely compiled from local planning authority records as part of an official housing land audit.

Time Range

2001 to present (with some earlier sites)

Freshness

2026-07-08 13:33:06.690106

Geography

Fife, Scotland