Local Enterprise Partnerships in England, December 2014 Super Generalised Boundaries

Five vector boundary resolutions for Local Enterprise Partnerships in England, as of December 2014, ranging from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m). The data contains both Ordnance Survey and Office for National Statistics intellectual property rights. File sizes for the super generalised version are 305 KB, with the full resolution clipped version being 17 MB.

Use Cases

• Map regional economic development zones based on the provided Local Enterprise Partnership boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis of economic indicators within the defined administrative boundaries.
• Create simplified visualizations for web maps using the super generalised (200m) or ultra generalised (500m) boundary versions.
• Integrate boundary data with other geospatial datasets for England using the coastline-clipped versions.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary resolutions, from full (11 MB) to ultra generalised (110 KB), catering to different use cases.
• Boundaries are available both for the full extent of the realm and clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark).
• Contains intellectual property rights from Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics, indicating authoritative sourcing.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is a snapshot from December 2014; administrative boundaries may have changed since then.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale statistical analysis.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries derived from authoritative sources, likely Ordnance Survey.

Time Range

December 2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:02.299485; freshness should be verified as the underlying data is from 2014.

Geography

England