Local Plan Polygon Features for Dudley Borough, UK

Polygon features representing planning policy designations from the Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. The data is derived from multiple adopted local plans, including the Black Country Core Strategy and several Area Action Plans. It was last updated on May 1, 2026, and is published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Map land-use designations for development suitability analysis based on the described planning policies.
• Conduct spatial joins to identify properties within specific policy zones mentioned in the description.
• Analyze the evolution of planning boundaries over time based on the adoption dates of the referenced plans.
• Create visualizations of strategic planning areas like the Brierley Hill or Stourbridge AAPs.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from multiple authoritative, adopted local plans, including the Dudley Borough Development Strategy 2017.
• Has a specific and recent last update timestamp of 2026-05-01 10:03:24.165313.
• Published under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the specific UK local authority source.

Provenance

Source

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Collection Method

Likely digitized from adopted statutory planning documents.

Time Range

Policies adopted from 2011 to 2017.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-01 10:03:24.165313; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Dudley Metropolitan Borough, West Midlands, United Kingdom.