Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships Boundaries for England, February 2017

Digital vector boundaries for Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) in England as of 14 February 2017. The dataset contains five boundary versions at different resolutions, from full extent to ultra generalised, with file sizes ranging from 93 KB to 21 MB. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property.

Use Cases

• Mapping healthcare partnership regions based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Analyzing spatial relationships between STP areas based on the corrected borders and codes mentioned in the description.
• Integrating health administrative boundaries into larger geospatial analyses based on the multiple resolution options.

Strengths

• Provides five specific boundary versions at different resolutions, with explicit file sizes listed.
• Includes documented corrections to partnership names, codes, and borders from September 2016 to February 2017.
• Contains intellectual property from authoritative sources: Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.

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.
• Data is from a single snapshot date (February 2017); freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries, likely derived from official administrative sources.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 14 February 2017.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:35.152177; freshness should be verified

Geography

England