A spatial dataset identifying Metropolitan Open Land (MOL) within The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. MOL is a London-specific designation affording strategic open spaces the same protection as the Metropolitan Green Belt. The data is provided by the Government Digital Service via the eu_open_data platform.
Use Cases
- Map and analyze protected open spaces based on the Metropolitan Open Land designation.
- Inform strategic planning decisions based on the dataset's identification of areas for landscape, recreation, and nature conservation.
- Assess development proposals against protected land boundaries as described in the London planning framework.
Strengths
- Dataset defines a specific, legally recognized land designation (Metropolitan Open Land) used within London.
- Describes a clear policy purpose: protecting strategically important areas of landscape, recreation, nature conservation, and scientific interest.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
- Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Government Digital Service
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London, UK