NYMNPA Section 106 Agreements: UK Planning Obligations from 1995

From 1995 to the present day, this dataset contains records of Section 106 Agreements, which are legally binding planning obligations between local authorities and land developers in the UK. The data is provided by the Government Digital Service and likely represents the majority of such agreements for the North York Moors National Park Authority area, though some records may be missing. Each agreement may be represented by multiple geospatial objects.

Use Cases

• Mapping the spatial distribution of planning obligations based on the geospatial line data.
• Analyzing trends in developer contributions over time based on the 1995-present date range.
• Studying the relationship between different parts of a single legal agreement based on the multi-object representation.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range, from 1995 to the present day.
• Originates from the authoritative Government Digital Service.
• Contains geospatial data (lines) linked to legal agreements.

Limitations

• Row count, column definitions, and file formats are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• The description notes some agreements may be missing from the record.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness is unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Aggregated from local planning authority records under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Time Range

1995 to present

Freshness

Present day (ongoing), but last update date is unknown.

Geography

Likely the North York Moors National Park Authority (NYMNPA) area, United Kingdom.