Dataset

Local planning authority

Name: Local planning authorities
Creator: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

About this dataset

Summary	This dataset contains the administrative boundaries of local planning authorities in England. It can be used for: producing statistics understanding responsible LPAs on a national scale for planning applications, for example
Total	337 Local planning authorities
Data providers	2
Collector last ran on	2025-10-31
New data last found on	2025-10-29
Origin	Contains some data created by MHCLG. We are working to replace it with data from authoritative sources
Licence	Licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
Attribution	Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0 Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025

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