Water Abstraction License Application Locations in Northern Ireland

Locations of water abstraction license applications issued under the Water Abstraction and Impoundment (Licensing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, as amended. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service and is available under the UK Open Government Licence. The last update date and the number of records are unknown.

Use Cases

• Mapping water usage and license density based on the geospatial location data.
• Analyzing regulatory compliance and application trends for water abstraction.
• Supporting environmental impact assessments by visualizing licensed water extraction points.

Strengths

• Data is provided in standard geospatial formats (ESRI SHAPE, GML) for interoperability.
• Licensed under the permissive UK Open Government Licence for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely collected as part of the regulatory licensing process under Northern Irish law.

Time Range

null

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Northern Ireland