Local Enterprise Partnership Boundaries in England, December 2014

Digital vector boundaries for Local Enterprise Partnerships (non-overlapping parts) in England, as of December 2014. The dataset contains five versions of the boundaries, from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m), clipped to the coastline. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Mapping regional economic development zones based on the provided LEP boundaries.
• Performing spatial joins with other datasets using the ultra generalised (500m) boundaries for simplified analysis.
• Creating visualizations of administrative regions in England using the coastline-clipped versions.
• Integrating boundary data into GIS systems via the provided ArcGIS REST feature service URLs.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary resolutions, with file sizes ranging from 69 KB to 6 MB, offering flexibility for different applications.
• Includes direct URLs to ArcGIS REST services for programmatic access and integration.
• Contains boundaries clipped to the Mean High Water mark, providing a consistent coastal reference.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from December 2014 and may not reflect current administrative boundaries.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Official digital vector boundaries, likely derived from Ordnance Survey data.

Time Range

December 2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:01.560996; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England