dataset · United Kingdom
Building
Buildings that consist of multiple adjoining building parts. When contained in a Land Use Site, adjoining building parts will be represented by a single feature. The latest data schema version includes attributes such as the number of floors, building age, construction material, basement presence, building description, building use, address counts, and connectivity.
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Licence: ["NGD data is available via OS Partners and to PSGA members"]
Evidence quality: 38.9
Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- number of floors · building age · construction material · basement presence · building description · building use · address counts · connectivity
- Coverage docs-verified
- UK extent: latitude 49.79° to 60.94°, longitude -8.82° to 1.92°
- Update frequency docs-verified
- Daily
- Access docs-verified
- Restricted: available via OS Partners and to PSGA members; dataset licence not set on the page
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Flood risk assessment: property-level exposure screening using number of floors, basement presence and building use · Drainage strategy: building-level context for impermeable area and connectivity assumptions · Civils and utilities surveys: construction material and building age as asset context
- Audience llm-inferred
- flood consultants · drainage engineers · GIS analysts · planners · civils engineers
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Access restricted to OS Partners and PSGA members, so not open data · Dataset licence is not set on the page · Attribute list is introduced with 'such as', so it may not be exhaustive · Spatial and temporal resolution, geometry type and data formats are not stated · No API or MCP tooling listed for this entry
Evidence
- https://osdatahub.os.uk/
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/c64e3b8e-75b5-4af0-abb8-93335cf865fc/building2
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.