Local Enterprise Partnership Boundaries in England, April 2017

Digital vector boundaries for Local Enterprise Partnerships in England, as at April 2017. The dataset contains five boundary versions at different resolutions, from full extent to ultra-generalised. Contains both Ordnance Survey and Office for National Statistics Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Map economic development zones based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Analyze regional economic policy coverage based on the defined LEP extents.
• Create simplified visualizations using the generalised (20m, 200m, 500m) boundary versions.
• Integrate LEP boundaries with other UK administrative datasets for spatial analysis.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions, including full resolution and four generalised/clipped versions.
• Includes a documented boundary change for the Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough LEP.
• File sizes are specified for each version, ranging from 111 KB to 16 MB.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is a snapshot from April 2017; administrative boundaries may have changed.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

April 2017 snapshot

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:28.694957; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England