Local Planning Authority Boundaries for the United Kingdom, January 2026

United Kingdom digital vector boundaries for Local Planning Authorities as of January 2026. The data contains full-resolution boundaries clipped to the coastline and is provided by the Office for National Statistics. It was last updated on the platform on March 18, 2026.

Use Cases

• Mapping local planning authority jurisdictions based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Conducting spatial joins with other UK geospatial data using the administrative boundaries.
• Analyzing coastal planning zones based on the boundaries clipped to the Mean High Water mark.

Strengths

• Boundaries are provided at full resolution (BFC).
• Data represents a specific snapshot date (January 2026).
• Contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

January 2026

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 11:04:33.859599; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom