Licensing Policy

This Policy satisfies our obligation to You and Our obligations to our data providers; pursuant to clause 7 all data provided on the Platform is sourced as listed below.

A vast majority of the data is provided under the Open Government Licence v.3.0 which can be viewed here; a Welsh version can be viewed here.

1. Local Planning Authorities: digital boundaries are licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence and UK Government Licensing Framework.

  • Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0;
  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database 2021.

2. Ancient Woodland:

  • England:
    • Source: Natural England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
  • Wales:
    • Source: WOM21 Ancient Woodland Inventory licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
  • Scotland:
    • Source: Scottish Government licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

3. Areas of Outstanding Beauty:

  • England:
    • Source: Natural England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
  • Wales:
    • Source: Natural Resources Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444 . Crown Copyright and Database Right.
  • Scotland:
    • Source: National Scenic Areas Scotland licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

4. Conservation Areas:

  • England:
    • Source: Historic England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © Historic England 2023; contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2023.
  • Wales:
    • Source: Natural Resources Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
  • Scotland:
    • Source: Improvement Service Scotland licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

5. Green Belt:

  • England:
    • Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

6. Historic Parks & Gardens:

  • England:
    • Source: Historic England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © Historic England 2024. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2024. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained in 2024. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
  • Wales:
    • Source: Data Map Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right.
  • Scotland:
    • Source: Scottish Government spatial data licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

7. Special Area of Conservation:

  • England:
    • Source: Historic England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © Historic England 2024; contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.
  • Wales:
    • Source: Natural Resources Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
  • Scotland:
    • Source: Scottish Government spatial data licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

8. Tree Preservation Zone:

  • England:
    • Source: Historic England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © Historic England 2024; contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.

9. Flood Zones 2 and 3:

  • England:
    • Source: Environment Agency licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
  • Wales:
    • Source: Data Map Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and database right. All rights reserved. Some features of this information are based on digital spatial data licensed from the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology © UKCEH. Defra, Met Office and DARD Rivers Agency © Crown copyright. © Cranfield University. © James Hutton Institute. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
  • Scotland:
    • Source: Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

10. Listed Buildings:

  • England:
    • Source: Historic England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © Historic England 2024; contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.
  • Wales:
    • Source: Natural Resources Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), Date 2024, licensed under the Open Government.
  • Scotland:
    • Source: Scottish Government spatial data licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

11. Nature Reserves:

  • England:
    • Source: Natural England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
  • Wales:
    • Source: Natural Resources Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right.
  • Scotland:
    • Source: Scottish Government spatial data licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

12. National Parks:

  • England:
    • Source: Natural England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
  • Wales:
    • Source: Natural Resources Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right.
  • Scotland:
    • Source: Scottish Government licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2023.

13. Scheduled Monuments:

  • England:
    • Source: Source: Historic England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © Historic England 2024; contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.
  • Wales:
    • Source: Data Map Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2024, licensed under the Open Government.
  • Scotland:
    • Source: Scottish Government licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • Source: Historic Environment Scotland licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

14. Sites of Special Scientific Interest:

  • England:
    • Source: Natural England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
  • Wales:
    • Source: Natural Resources Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right.
  • Scotland:
    • Source: Scottish Government spatial data licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

15. Special Protection Areas:

  • England:
    • Source: Natural England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
  • Wales:
    • Source: Natural Resources Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right.
  • Scotland:
    • Source: Scottish Government spatial data licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

16. Agricultural Land Classification:

  • England:
    • Source: Natural England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
  • Wales:
    • Source: Natural Resources Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

17. Environmental Stewardship:

  • England:
    • Source: Natural England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

18. Ramsar:

  • England:
    • Source: Natural England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
  • Wales:
    • Source: Natural Resources Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right.
  • Scotland:
    • Source: Scottish Government spatial data licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

19. Brownfield Land:

  • England:
    • Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © Crown copyright and database right 2024.

20. Battlefields:

  • England:
    • Source: Historic England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © Historic England 2024 and contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.
  • Wales:
    • Source: Historic Environment Scotland licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

21. Heritage at Risk:

  • England:
    • Source: Historic England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

22. World Heritage Sites:

  • England:
    • Source: Historic England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © Historic England 2024 and contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.
  • Wales:
    • Source: Natural Resources Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2024, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
  • Scotland:
    • Source: Scottish Government spatial data licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

23. HS2 Route:

  • England:
    • Source: ArcGIS licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

24. Article 4 Direction:

  • England:
    • Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government licensed under Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © Crown copyright and database right 2024.

25. Brownfield Site:

  • England:
    • Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government licensed under Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © Crown copyright and database right 2024.

26. Central Activity Zone:

  • England:
    • Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government licensed under Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © Crown copyright and database right 2024.

27. Certificate of Immunity:

  • England:
    • Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government licensed under Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © Historic England 2024. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2024. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained in 2024. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

28. Design Code Area:

  • England:
    • Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government licensed under Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © Crown copyright and database right 2024.

29. Heritage Coast:

  • England:
    • Source: Natural England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.
  • Wales:
    • Source: Natural Resources Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right.

30. Tree Protection Order (TPO):

  • England:
    • Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government licensed under Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © Crown copyright and database right 2024.

31. World Heritage Site Buffer Zone:

  • England:
    • Source: Historic England licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © Historic England 2024. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2024. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained in 2024. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

32. Built Up Areas:

  • England, Wales, Scotland:
    • Source: Ordnance Survey Data Hub licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © Ordnance Survey Limited 2022.

33. Building Heights:

  • England, Wales, Scotland:
    • Source: Emu Analytics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

34. Price Paid Data:

  • England, Wales:
    • Source: HM Land Registry licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021.

35. Energy Performance Certificate (EPC):

  • England, Wales:
    • Source: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

36. Distribution Network Operator (DNO):

  • England, Wales, Scotland:
    • Source: National Energy System Operator licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

37. Electrical Transmission Network Route:

  • England, Wales, Scotland:
    • Source: National Grid UK licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • © National Grid UK.

38. UK Companies Owning Property:

  • England, Wales:
    • Source: HM Land Registry licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2024.

39. Overseas Companies Owning Property:

  • England, Wales:
    • Source: HM Land Registry licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2024.

40. Public Transport Accessibility Levels (PTAL):

  • London:
    • Source: Transport for London, Greater London Authority, licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

41. Household Size by Number of Rooms:

  • England, Wales:
    • Source: Consensus 2021, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

42. Tenure by Household Size by Number of Bedrooms:

  • England, Wales:
    • Source: Consensus 2021, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

43. Tenure by Occupation - Household Reference Persons:

  • England, Wales:
    • Source: Consensus 2021, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

44. Tenure by Number of Rooms:

  • England, Wales:
    • Source: Consensus 2021, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

45. Occupancy Ratings (rooms) by Tenure:

  • England, Wales:
    • Source: Consensus 2021, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

46. Occupancy Ratings (rooms) by Household Composition:

  • England, Wales:
    • Source: Consensus 2021, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

46. Occupancy Ratings (rooms) by Household Composition:

  • England, Wales:
    • Source: Consensus 2021, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

47. Tenure by Household Composition:

  • England, Wales:
    • Source: Consensus 2021, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

48. Traffic, Transit & Bicycling Layers, Street View:

  • England, Wales, Scotland:
    • Source: Google Maps licensed under Google’s Terms and Conditions. By using Our Platform, users are bound by Google’s Terms of Service.

49. Index of Multiple Deprivation:

  • England:
    • Source: Consumer Data Research Centre licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • Data provided by the Consumer Data Research Centre, an ESRC Data Investment: ES/L011840/1, ES/L011891/1.
  • Wales:
    • Source: Natural Resources Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
  • Scotland:
    • Source: Spatial Data, Scottish Government licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.

50. Social Grades:

  • England, Wales, Scotland:
    • Source: Uk Data Services licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

51. Age:

  • England, Wales, Scotland:
    • Source: Uk Data Services licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

52. Education:

  • England, Wales:
    • Source: Consensus 2021, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

53. Car or Van Availability:

  • England, Wales:
    • Source: Consensus 2021, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

54. Method Used to Travel to Work:

  • England, Wales:
    • Source: Consensus 2021, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

55. Distance Travelled to Work:

  • England, Wales:
    • Source: Consensus 2021, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

56. Lower Layer Super Output Areas and Data Zones:

  • England, Scotland, Wales:
    • Source: Consensus 2011 Geography, Uk Data Services licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

57. Output Areas and Small Areas:

  • England, Scotland, Wales:
    • Source: Consensus 2011 Geography, Uk Data Services licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

58. Middle Layer Super Output Areas and Intermediate Zones:

  • England, Scotland, Wales:
    • Source: Consensus 2011 Geography, Uk Data Services licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

59. Local Authority Districts:

  • England, Scotland, Wales:
    • Source: Consensus 2021, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
    • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.
    • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2024.
    • Contains GeoPlace data © Local Government Information House Limited copyright and database right 202.

60. Postcodes:

  • England, Scotland, Wales:
    • Source: Ordnance Survey Data Hub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

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