Local Planning Authorities (April 2019) Boundaries UK BFC

This file contains the digital vector boundaries for Local Planning Authorities in the United Kingdom as at April 2019. The BFC boundaries are full resolution - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark). Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.<div><br /></div><div>REST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE View Service – <a href='https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Local_Planning_Authorities_(April_2019)_Boundaries_UK_BFC/MapServer' target='_b

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What's in it

Data offered docs-verified: Local Planning Authority boundaries (vector polygons, full resolution, clipped to Mean High Water coastline)
Coverage docs-verified: United Kingdom · April 2019 snapshot
Resolution docs-verified: Full resolution; clipped to coastline (Mean High Water mark)
Formats docs-verified: SQLite Geodatabase (GDB) · GeoPackage (GPKG) · Excel (XLSX) · Feature Collection (TXT) · File Geodatabase (ZIP) · ArcGIS Hub Dataset (HTML) · KML · Shapefile (ZIP) · GeoJSON · CSV · ArcGIS GeoService (REST API)
Access llm-inferred: Free download; no authentication listed. Licence not stated on the entry and 'Not set' on the dataset page; the page footer says content is under OGL v3.0 except where otherwise stated; contains Ordnance Survey and ONS IPR.

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred: Identify the planning authority for a site or FRA by point-in-polygon lookup against LPA boundaries · Spatially join development sites or consultation catchments to LPAs for planning-policy mapping · Scope regional drainage or flood-risk studies by LPA area using a GeoPackage or Shapefile extract
Audience llm-inferred: GIS analysts · planners · flood risk consultants · drainage engineers · environmental consultants

Limitations

Constraints llm-inferred: Snapshot as at April 2019; LPA boundaries may have changed since then · Contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property; reuse terms need checking · Licence not stated on the entry and 'Not set' on the dataset page · No update frequency stated; page last updated 1 December 2024 · Entry describes a REST and WFS service, but endpoint availability and access limits are not documented in the page text

Licence: not stated
Authentication: Unknown — review source docs
GitHub stars: Unknown
Last commit: Unknown
Last successful page check: 16/10/2026
Page health: page reachable
Package: Not recorded
Verification: Not independently verified

Provenance & evidence

Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).

Metadata observed 14/10/2026 · research sweep: sweep-2026-10-16 (data.gov.uk)