Barnet Local Plan: Geospatial Policies Map 2012-2022

Barnet's Local Plan 2012 Policies Map provides geographic information for planning policies directed at specific areas or sites, adopted in September 2012. Individual tables exist for different policies, with features represented as points, lines, or polygons to show where a policy is applied. The dataset reflects the Core Strategy, Development Management Policies, and the North London Waste Plan adopted in March 2022, and was published via the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement in October 2023.

Use Cases

• Checking land use designations for a specific site based on its polygon representation.
• Identifying areas subject to specific development management policies using the policy map layers.
• Supporting planning application assessments by referencing the geographic policy framework.
• Reviewing waste management planning boundaries from the integrated North London Waste Plan.

Strengths

• Integrates multiple planning documents, including the North London Waste Plan adopted in March 2022.
• Published through a formal government process (Public Sector Geospatial Agreement) in October 2023.
• Represents the official spatial policy framework for a major London borough.

Limitations

• Contains minimal attribution and is primarily intended for visual policy location.
• Metadata is incomplete: column names, row counts, size, license, and author are unknown across all platforms.
• Conflicting 'last updated' dates (2026-04 29 vs. 2023-10-13) create uncertainty about provenance.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service (per eu_open_data platform).

Collection Method

Created to support planning documents as the Policies Map.

Time Range

2012-2022 (Local Plan adoption in 2012, North London Waste Plan adoption in 2022).

Freshness

The dataset publication date is October 2023, though platform metadata lists a last updated date of 2026-04-29.

Geography

London Borough of Barnet, England.