Local Enterprise Partnership Boundaries in England, April 2017

Five versions of digital vector boundaries for Local Enterprise Partnerships in England as of April 2017, ranging from full resolution to ultra generalised. The dataset contains Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights and includes a noted boundary change for the Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough LEP. File sizes for the different boundary versions range from 49 KB to 6 MB.

Use Cases

• Map regional economic development zones based on the provided Local Enterprise Partnership boundaries.
• Conduct spatial analysis of economic indicators within non-overlapping administrative units.
• Create visualisations for policy reports using the coastline-clipped, generalised boundary versions.
• Integrate boundary data with other geographic datasets using the provided ArcGIS REST service URLs.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary resolutions, from 6 MB full resolution to 49 KB ultra generalised, catering to different use cases.
• Includes a documented boundary change for specific Local Enterprise Partnerships, indicating maintenance.
• Offers multiple access methods, including direct download and ArcGIS REST services for INSPIRE View and Feature Download.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is specific to April 2017; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely digitised from official administrative records.

Time Range

April 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:14.571234; freshness should be verified

Geography

England