Local Planning Authorities (January 2026) Boundaries for the United Kingdom

Digital vector boundaries for Local Planning Authorities in the United Kingdom, effective January 2026. The boundaries are generalised to 20 meters and clipped to the coastline. The dataset is provided by the Office for National Statistics and was last updated on March 18, 2026.

Use Cases

• Visualize local planning authority jurisdictions based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Conduct spatial analysis for land-use planning based on the generalised 20m boundaries.
• Integrate administrative boundaries into mapping applications for the UK based on the coastline-clipped features.

Strengths

• Boundaries are generalised to a specific 20-meter resolution.
• Contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.
• Data is clipped to the Mean High Water coastline mark.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

January 2026

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 11:04:32.637148; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom