NHS Surplus Land: UK Government Property Sites for Disposal

Since 2008, the Surplus Land collection has provided information on sites that can be disposed of, contributing to the Government Public Sector Land Disposal programme. The dataset is published by NHS Digital and is available in XLS and HTML formats under an OGL-UK-3.0 license. It was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Analyze public asset portfolios based on the inventory of surplus land sites.
• Model potential land value or redevelopment opportunities based on sites marked for disposal.
• Track government efficiency metrics based on the contribution to the Public Sector Land Disposal programme.

Strengths

• Data collection has been ongoing since 2008, providing a long-term perspective.
• Dataset is published under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license for reuse.
• Last update timestamp of 2026-07-08 13:33:02.629370 is provided.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

NHS Digital

Collection Method

Collection exists to provide information to the Department of Health, the Homes and Communities Agency, and Government Property Unit.

Time Range

Collection active since 2008.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:02.629370; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely covers the United Kingdom, given the source and involved agencies.