Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships Boundaries in England, February 2017

Office for National Statistics provides digital vector boundaries for Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) in England as of 14 February 2017. The dataset includes five versions of boundaries at different resolutions, from full to ultra-generalised (500m), all clipped to the coastline. It contains corrections to names and borders applied between September 2016 and February 2017.

Use Cases

• Mapping healthcare administrative regions based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Analyzing spatial relationships between STP footprints for service planning.
• Integrating boundary data with health statistics for regional analysis.
• Creating simplified (generalised) maps for visualization based on the 20m, 200m, and 500m resolution files.

Strengths

• Provides five specific boundary resolutions with stated file sizes (e.g., 93 KB for ultra generalised).
• Includes documented corrections to names and borders from September 2016 to February 2017.
• Contains intellectual property from both Ordnance Survey and ONS, indicating authoritative sources.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is specific to a single snapshot date (February 2017); freshness should be verified for current use.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries, likely derived from official administrative geography.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 14 February 2017.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:39.988651; freshness should be verified

Geography

England