AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Renewable Energy Sites - Scotland

All local authorities will receive planning applications for renewable energy sites. Where local authorities have managed to categorise these in a structured way, we are provided with such data (in either point or polygon format), from which we have attempted to select only those sites that look to be approved, pending and/ or operational (i.e. removing rejected or withdrawn applications).

We have also received separate files of data showing working renewable energy sites - both as point and polygon, and we have attempted to merge all of this data together to form national data layers.

Tags: Area management/restriction/regulation zones and r, Land cover, Planning, Protected sites
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Polling Places - Scotland

A ‘polling place’ is defined as the building or area in which a polling station will be located. A ‘polling station’ is the room or area within the polling place where voting takes place. Unlike polling districts and polling places which are fixed by the local authority, polling stations are chosen by the (Acting) Returning Officer for the election.

The Representation of the People Act 1983 places a duty on LA to divide the local authority area into polling districts based on ward boundaries, and to designate a polling place for each district. LAs also have a duty to keep these polling arrangements under review. The Electoral Administration Act 2006 introduced amendments to the 1983 Act (which in turn has been superseded by The Electoral Administration Act 2013). Now local authorities must conduct a full review (with public consultation) of its polling districts and polling places every four years, however adjustments to the boundaries of polling districts and the designation of polling places within LA wards can be proposed at any time in response to changes in ward boundaries or to the availability of premises that can be reasonably designated as polling places.

Tags: Addresses, Administrative units, Election, Polling
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Septic Tanks - Scotland

This dataset is an amalgamation of licenced SEPA, Scottish Water, Assessors and some Local Authorities Septic Tanks in Scotland.

Under section 79 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and Under part 6, section 37 of the Water Resources (Scotland) Act 2013 SEPA, Scottish Water and Local Authorities all have a responsibility for the registration, management and compliance of Septic Tanks within Scotland. The Scottish Assessors also currently identifies 678 septic tanks. These are tanks that serve more than one dwelling. Those that serve just one dwelling may be treated as an appurtenance of the dwelling i.e. they are classified as domestic and treated as being reflected in the Council Tax band.

SEPA have approximately a quarter of the Septic Tanks mapped as it has only been a requirement since 2012 that when buying or selling a house that these get licenced. Scottish Water have partial information and the Scottish Assessors collect some as well. SEPA, Local Authorities, Scottish Water and Scottish Assessors are keen to combine data to create a complete and comprehensive view of all Septic Tanks in Scotland, although this work is not yet compete

Tags: Addresses, Hydrography
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Community Council Boundaries - Scotland

Community councils are required to be established by local authorities. They are the most local tier of statutory representation in Scotland. They bridge the gap between local authorities and communities and help to make public bodies aware of the opinions and needs of the communities they represent. Community councils are statutory consultees under various processes, such as for planning applications.

There are many instances where polygons do not tessellate or snap to local authority boundaries. The Spatial Hub processing can correct for some minor gap errors (<5m) but not larger ones. Such gaps in the dataset mean that it cannot potentially be used for some kinds of spatial analysis e.g. point in polygon, because some point locations may fall within the gaps. These gaps either require amendment at source or approval for the IS to change.

Tags: Administrative units
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Street Furniture - Scotland

In November 2004, Audit Scotland published a document entitled ‘Maintaining Scotland’s Roads’, effectively introducing a requirement on local authorities in Scotland to produce a Roads Asset Management Plan (RAMP). Following this publication, The Society of Chief Officers for Transportation in Scotland (SCOTS) produced a common asset management framework through which all local authorities could develop their own RAMP. Street assets/furniture are a key part of the RAMP and as such a requirement exists for a national dataset of information. This can include (although is not limited to) features such as bollards, road signs, barriers, parking bays, bus shelters, cattle grids, gates, street lighting columns, benches/seats, information boards, dog/litter/grit bins, cycle stands, ticket machines etc. etc.

The premium dataset now includes 2 separate layers: Street Lighting Columns and general Street Furniture

We are currently only including street furniture types that have been provided by more than one local authority. These are:
Benches, Bollards, Bus Infrastructure, Cattle Grids, Traffic Light Controllers, Barriers, Bridges, Cycle Parking, Dog Litter Bins, Electric Vehicle Charging Points, Snow Gates, Grit Bins, Litter Bins, Memorials, Pedestrian Crossings, Traffic Calming, Traffic Signals, Traffis Signs, Weather Stations and Water Related Structures (e.g. grates and grills)

We understand that some local authorities are loading this data into the VAULT system. We will work with the team managing the system to ensure that there is one definitive list in the future.

Tags: Environmental monitoring facilities, Furniture, Road, Transport networks
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Libraries - Scotland

Each Local Authority should have a list of libraries within their Council area. These may be static i.e. located in one building all of the time, or mobile i.e. they are in vehicles that attend a set location on a specific day at a certain time. This data may also be collected as part of other datasets (e.g. Council Asset Register) though Local Authorities do appear to hold it as a distinct layer.

Further information on Libraries in Scotland (inc. non-LA libraries) is available from The Scottish Library and Information Council (https://scottishlibraries.org/)

Tags: Buildings
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Polling Districts - Scotland

A ‘polling district’ is a geographical subdivision of an electoral area such as an electoral Ward within which a polling place is designated.

The Representation of the People Act 1983 places a duty on LA to divide the local authority area into polling districts based on ward boundaries, and to designate a polling place for each district. LAs also have a duty to keep these polling arrangements under review. The Electoral Administration Act 2006 introduced amendments to the 1983 Act (which in turn has been superseded by The Electoral Administration Act 2013). Now local authorities must conduct a full review (with public consultation) of its polling districts and polling places every four years, however adjustments to the boundaries of polling districts and the designation of polling places within LA wards can be proposed at any time in response to changes in ward boundaries or to the availability of premises that can be reasonably designated as polling places.

Tags: Administrative units, Election, Polling
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Community Asset Transfer Register - Scotland

This dataset is an amalgamation of data related to the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 and the new duties this places on local authorities.

Part 5: Asset Transfer Requests: Provides community bodies with a right to request to purchase, lease, manage or use land and buildings belonging to local authorities. Local authorities are required to create and maintain a register of land which they will make available to the public.

Part 8: Common Good Property: Places a statutory duty on local authorities to establish and maintain a register of all property held by them for the common good. It also requires local authorities to publish their proposals and consult community bodies before disposing of or changing the use of common good assets.

Part 9: Allotments: It requires local authorities to take reasonable steps to provide allotments if waiting lists exceed certain trigger points and strengthens the protection for allotments. Provisions allow allotments to be 250 square metres in size or a different size that is to be agreed between the person requesting an allotment and the local authority. The Act also requires fair rents to be set and allows tenants to sell surplus produce grown on an allotment (other than with a view to making a profit). There is a requirement for local authorities to develop a food growing strategy for their area, including identifying land that may be used as allotment sites and identifying other areas of land that could be used by a community for the cultivation of vegetables, fruit, herbs or flowers.

SG have provided useful guidance of what the register should contain and how it should be formatted (pages 21-23). https://dtascommunityownership.org.uk/sites/default/files/Asset%20Transfer%20RA%20Guidance%20Notes.pdf

Tags: Addresses, Buildings, Community Asset Transfer
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Land Ownership - Scotland

Local authorities are large owners of land, much of it not captured on the current Land Registry due to it not changing hands in the last 40 years. Many do not have up to date records of the extent of their land ownership, and as such there is no definitive records held. This dataset is trying to collect what information does exist to provide an indicative extent of land owned by Local Authorities. This is NOT indemnified Registers of Scotland land ownership extents. Some of it is derived from sale of land based on historical ownership, but it should not be used for decision making, it is designed as an aid to assist interested parties in identifying where to start their enquiries. If in doubt please contact the relevant local authority or Registers of Scotland.

Tags: Land cover, Land use
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Recycling and Waste Facilities - Scotland

Most councils will keep a record of their recycling and waste management facilities. Therefore we have tried to compile these into a consistent national layer.

The layer contains Recycling Places (including locations of bins and centres) and Waste Management Sites (including transfer centres and current/historic landfill sites).  Both are a point layer (any provided polygons will have a centroid created).

Tags: Area management/restriction/regulation zones and r, Land use, Production and industrial facilities, Utility and governmental services, landfill, recycling, waste
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Safety Features - Scotland

Many Local Authorities capture locational details of certain safety features located across their area of jurisdiction. This dataset attempts to pull those features together into one single national dataset.

It currently contains defibrillator, water access points, fire hydrant, lifebelt and CCTV locations where local authorities have provided them.

It is likely that this dataset will be superseded and/ or conflated into a national emergency services gazetteer as and when that is created.

Tags: Human health and safety, Utility and governmental services
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Organogram of Staff Roles & Salaries

Organogram (organisation chart) showing all staff roles. Names and salaries are also listed for the Senior Civil Servants.

Organogram data is released by all central government departments and their agencies since 2010. Snapshots are published quarterly The published data is validated and released in CSV format and OGL-licensed for reuse. For more information about this series, see: http://guidance.data.gov.uk/organogram-data.html

Organization: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Organogram of Staff Roles & Salaries

Organogram (organisation chart) showing all staff roles. Names and salaries are also listed for the Senior Civil Servants.

Organogram data is released by all central government departments and their agencies since 2010. Snapshots for 31st March, 30th June, 30th September and 31st December are published each quarter. The published data is validated and released in CSV format and OGL-licensed for reuse. For more information about this series, see: http://guidance.data.gov.uk/organogram-data.html

Organization: HM Treasury
Roxann data from Solan Bank Reef

Roxann data from Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI survey, which was planned with the aim of informing development of a national indicator of ‘Good Environmental Status’ focusing on sponge morphology, as part of the UK’s obligations under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD).

Tags: 1714S, MRV Scotia, Marine, Offshore Seabed Survey, Raw, Solan Bank Reef cSAC/SCI
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs or an Educational Health and Care Plan

<p>Children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs or an Educational Health and Care Plan  by Ward. Children have special educational needs if they have a learning difficulty which calls for special educational provision to be made for them. A new assessment process which can result in an EHCP replaces Statements of Special Educational Needs and Learning Disability Assessments. The EHC Plan is for children and young people aged 0 – 25. It focuses on identifying individual outcomes and puts children, young people and their families at the centre of the assessment, planning and review process.</p>
<p>Please note that all totals have been rounded to the nearest 5.</p>
<p>This dataset will be updated soon.</p>


Tags: Education Health and Care Plan, Special Educational Needs, children
Organization: Cambridgeshire Insight
Cambridgeshire County Council Government Procurement Card Transactions

<p>This page shows the Government Procurement Card (GPC) Transactions made by Cambridgeshire County Council from 2014 Q1 onwards.</p>
<p>The datasets detail the GPC transactions made by Cambridgeshire County Council each quarter. They show where and when the transactions were made, the cost, and by which service area within the Council.</p>


Tags: procurement, transactions, transparency
Organization: Cambridgeshire Insight
Quarterly NNDR Files for Peterborough

<p>The following information is available about national non-domestic rates (NNDR)(business rates):</p>
<ul><li>New national non-domestic rates occupiers (see the 'All national non-domestic rates accounts spreadsheet' and sort the 'liable from date' column into newest to oldest date order)</li>
<li>All national non-domestic rates accounts </li>
</ul><p>This information is updated quarterly.</p>
<p>If you require these files in a different format, please email <u><a href="mailto:foi@peterborough.gov.uk">foi@peterborough.gov.uk</a></u>.</p>
<p>Please note that we are not publishing account numbers and liable names in relation to the NNDR All Properties data shown above. We will also no longer publish a NNDR Credits spreadsheet.</p>
<p>While we do hold this information, the release of credit information combined with releasing details of liable names (which could differ from the public facing name) increases the risk of fraud by making it easier to identify accounts to target and provides the information necessary to start the refund request.</p>
<p>The exemption we are relying on is Section 31(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This exemption is a qualified exemption, which means that we must consider whether or not the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in withholding the information. In this case, we consider that the public interest favours withholding the information.<br /> </p>
<p><u>We have assessed the public interest in favour of disclosure as below:</u></p>
<p>• There is an inherent public interest within the Freedom of Information Act in disclosure as it promotes better governance through transparency and accountability.</p>
<p>• There is a public interest in disclosing information that holds local authorities to account and increases transparency about how they perform their functions.</p>
<p>• The public should have confidence and trust in the local authority’s ability to perform their statutory functions</p>
<p> </p>
<p><u>We have assessed the following factors in withholding the information:</u></p>
<p>• It is not in the public interest to disclose information, in this case account numbers, liable names and credit information, which could be used to compromise the council's essential security checks</p>
<p>• The local authority has the responsibility of collecting NNDR monies securely and efficiently. It is also under a duty to protect the public funds it administers and therefore, should not be putting individuals or companies at risk of potential fraud</p>
<p>• Releasing such information would undermine confidence in the council’s ability to process information securely and minimise risk</p>
<p>• Potential fraudsters could use published information from credits data, combine it with other information, therefore increasing the risk of fraud against the council, businesses and individuals </p>
<p> </p>


Tags: Business rates, NNDR, Peterborough City Council
Organization: Cambridgeshire Insight
Forestry and Woodland Strategies - Scotland

These strategies are a requirement that has now been added into the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act.   http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2019/13/part/4/crossheading/forestry-and-woodland-strategy/enacted

Most councils already have a FWS and these are normally (but not always) accompanied by spatial data. Some of the strategies are produced jointly across Councils, e.g. Stirling & Clackmannanshire, Edinburgh & Lothians, Glasgow Clyde Valley.

Generally, the FWS datasets contain similar attribution which identifies the FWS Classification, or the potential areas for woodland expansion.  The 'suitability' attribute is usually along the lines of: Preferred, Potential, Sensitive, Unsuitable.

Some of the councils have produced a few layers of data for their FWS which might apply specifically to woodland planting types, e.g. a separate FWS layer for native woodlands or for productive woodlands.

Please note the data has been created using data of different scales (regional/local) and has been created as a high level assessment tool. The data should be viewed NO larger than 1:25000. Identification as a preferred area does not imply automatic approval of woodland planting proposals. Applications will be assessed based on site conditions. To be used in conjunction with the published supplementary guidance.

Tags: Area management/restriction/regulation zones and r, Land use
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Air Quality Management Areas

This dataset shows identified areas where air quality objectives for a particular pollutant are unlikely to be met.

Since December 1997 each local authority in the UK has been carrying out a review and assessment of air quality in their area. This involves measuring air pollution and trying to predict how it will change in the next few years. The aim of the review is to make sure that the national air quality objectives (PDF) will be achieved throughout the UK by the relevant deadlines. These objectives have been put in place to protect people's health and the environment.

Organization: Runnymede Borough Council
Tree Preservation Orders

This dataset shows the locations of trees protected by a Tree Preservation Order in the borough.

A Tree Preservation Order (TPO) is a part of town and country planning in the United Kingdom. A TPO is made by a Local Planning Authority (usually a local council) to protect specific trees or a particular area, group or woodland from deliberate damage and destruction. TPOs can prevent the felling, lopping, topping, uprooting or otherwise willful damaging of trees without the permission of the Local Planning Authority, although different TPOs have different degrees of protection.

Organization: Runnymede Borough Council
ELR Sites

This dataset shows the locations of commercial sites considered as part of the Council's Employment Land Review.

The Employment Land Review (ELR) is part of the evidence base that will underpin the Runnymede 2035 Local Plan. The ELR has been produced in collaboration with Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners and assesses how much employment land is likely to be required within Runnymede Borough to the year 2035.

The ELR also assesses how suitable existing and proposed sites are for employment use. This is to make sure that the Council understands which are the most important sites/areas in the Borough so it can consider whether any protection should be given to such areas through the Local Plan to ensure that they are not developed for alternative uses. The ELR also highlights current employment sites which are no longer considered suitable and could be released for an alternative use.

Organization: Runnymede Borough Council
Thorpe Neighbourhood Area

Dataset showing the Thorpe Neighbourhood Area.

A Neighbourhood Forum and Neighbourhood Area have been designated for the area of Thorpe by the Borough Council on the 24th August 2016.

The Localism Act 2011 allows local communities to have a greater say in the future of their neighbourhood.

Neighbourhood planning can be prepared by two types of body either town and parish councils or 'neighbourhood forums'. 'Neighbourhood forums' are designated community groups that can prepare neighbourhood planning in areas like Runnymede without town or parish councils.

Organization: Runnymede Borough Council
Scheduled Monuments

Policy from the Runnymede Borough Council 2030 Local Plan (Adopted 16th July 2020). Designated as Policy EE7, this dataset shows the Scheduled Monuments.

The Runnymede Local Plan was adopted in 2020 and sets out our policies for guiding and controlling the way that buildings and land are used and developed in Runnymede.

Organization: Runnymede Borough Council
Local Green Spaces

Policy from the Runnymede Borough Council 2030 Local Plan (Adopted 16th July 2020). Designated as Policy SL27, this dataset shows the Local Green Spaces.

The Runnymede Local Plan was adopted in 2020 and sets out our policies for guiding and controlling the way that buildings and land are used and developed in Runnymede.


Organization: Runnymede Borough Council
Priority Habitat Creation and Restoration

This record is for Approval for Access product AfA319. The Priority Habitat Creation and Restoration GIS dataset lists projects undertaken by the Environment Agency to create new priority habitats and restore existing priority habitats. The majority of projects were undertaken in partnership with other organisations. Priority habitat creation and restoration is part of the England Biodiversity Strategy.
The UK Biodiversity Action Plan defined Priority habitats as those habitats most threatened and requiring conservation.  
This dataset indicates the year in which the projects were completed. The year period is April 1st to March 31st, from April 2009 onwards.
This dataset now includes those habitats defined as wildlife-rich in the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP). Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.

Tags: Habitats and biotopes, biota, environment, habitat, habitat creation, land cover, land use, restoration measure
Organization: Environment Agency