Open source planning data

As part of digitising planning, the government is collating planning and housing data from local planning authorities (LPAs) and making it available on a national Planning Data platform. This means planning data will be standardised across England, and available for anyone to view, download and analyse.

At present the following data has been requested by the government. Placing this data on our website enables it to be automatically linked and updated on the national portal on a daily basis.

Article 4 Directions data

About the data

This dataset is about Article 4 directions which is a legal mechanism for local planning authorities to withdraw specified permitted development rights across a defined area.

Data

• Article 4 direction dataset

• Article 4 direction area dataset

Conservation areas data

About the data

This dataset shows the locations of conservation areas. A conservation area is an area of special architectural and historic interest, the character and appearance of which it is desirable to preserve and enhance.

Data

• Conservation area dataset

Listed buildings data

About the data

This dataset is about buildings listed on the National Heritage List for England because of their historical or architectural importance.

Data

• Listed buildings outline dataset 

Tree preservation orders data

Tree preservation order dataset

This dataset is about tree preservation orders (TPOs). These are orders made by local planning authorities to protect specific trees or groups of trees.

Data

• Tree preservation order dataset

Tree preservation zone dataset

This dataset is about tree preservation zones. These are areas of trees that are under a tree preservation order. You may also know them as tree preservation zones or groups.

Data

• Tree preservation zone dataset

Tree dataset

This dataset is about trees. These are individual trees that are under a tree preservation order.

Data

• Tree dataset 

Licensing

The data is provided under the Open Government Licence.