Scarborough Borough Council Committed Housing Sites from the 2015 Local Plan

Scarborough Borough Council created this dataset of Committed Housing Site areas as part of its New Local Plan in 2015. The data consists of polygon extents for housing sites within the borough and is subject to Ordnance Survey licensing. The dataset was last updated on July 8, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze land availability for residential development based on the polygon extents.
• Integrate housing site data into regional planning models based on the geographic boundaries.
• Monitor progress against the New Local Plan 2015 housing targets based on the committed site areas.

Strengths

• Created by a local government authority (Scarborough Borough Council) for official planning purposes.
• Provides a specific geographic scope focused on the Borough of Scarborough.
• Last updated date is precisely recorded as 2026-07-08 13:33:27.430574.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Scarborough Borough Council

Collection Method

Created as part of the New Local Plan 2015.

Time Range

Created in 2015.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:27.430574.

Geography

Borough of Scarborough, UK.