Strategic Industrial Locations: Rochdale Borough Council UDP Allocations (2006)

Strategic industrial locations are a series of allocations relating to the Rochdale UDP June 2006. These allocations cover planning policies on employment and the economy, including five specific policy designations such as EC/2 for Primary Employment Zones and EC/7 for Kingsway Business Park. The data is provided by Rochdale Borough Council and was last updated on the platform in July 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze primary employment zone allocations based on the EC/2 policy mentioned in the description.
• Map mixed employment zones based on the EC/3 policy allocations.
• Identify development sites within employment zones based on the EC/8 policy.
• Study the spatial allocation of specific business parks like Kingsway and Sandbrook Park based on EC/7 and EC/9 policies.
• Assess the implementation of the 2006 Unitary Development Plan's Chapter 8 policies on employment and the economy.

Strengths

• Data is associated with a specific formal planning document (Rochdale UDP June 2006).
• The description lists five distinct policy allocations (EC/2, EC/3, EC/7, EC/8, EC/9) providing clear scope.
• Data is provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The underlying data reflects a specific 2006 policy snapshot; its current applicability may be limited.

Provenance

Source

Rochdale Borough Council

Collection Method

Likely derived from the council's Unitary Development Plan mapping and policy allocations.

Time Range

Policy basis is from June 2006.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:09.288732; freshness should be verified against the original policy status.

Geography

Rochdale Borough, United Kingdom.