Public Land and Building Assets for Colchester Borough Council
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Description
Colchester Borough Council's inventory of land and building assets, as defined by the UK government's Code of Practice. The dataset includes service and office properties, PFI contracts, hostels, depots, undeveloped land, and future commitments, while excluding social housing, operational highways, and assets of national security. It is published by the Government Digital Service under the Open Government Licence.
Use Cases
Analyze municipal asset portfolios based on the listed property types like offices, depots, and undeveloped land.
Assess public land use and availability based on the inclusion of surplus, sublet, or vacant properties.
Model future financial commitments for local authorities based on data for agreements for lease and PFI contracts.
Map non-housing public infrastructure based on the described exclusions and inclusions, such as playing fields or church-run school buildings.
Strengths
Clear definition of asset inclusions and exclusions as per the official Code of Practice.
Published under the Open Government Licence, facilitating reuse.
Available in multiple machine-readable formats (XML, HTML, CSV, JSON).
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
Government Digital Service
Collection Method
Administrative records from Colchester Borough Council, compiled according to a national code.