AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Brecon Beacons National Park boundary

The Brecon Beacons National Park Authority and Natural Resources Wales have completed a joint project to ensure that the boundary of the National Park best represents the designated National Park boundary (including the variation order) produced in 1955 and 1966 respectively.

The original documents consisted of a written description and two 1 inch to 1 mile paper maps. Although these remain the legal documents, an accurate digital boundary was required to make sure that there is clarity on where the boundary line actually is in relation to the ground.

Organization: Brecon Beacons National Park Authority
Libra (Magistrates Court  Case management system)

Extract of Data MoJ receives that is  used to generate statistics and reports. This extract holds data from the Magistrates Court case management system that contains personal details of the defendant(s), Court they were prosecuted at, Offence(s) they were prosecuted for, Outcome of the court case, (e.g. reached a verdict, withdrawn, dismissed etc) whether they were convicted, the nature of the sentence, and time taken for court proceedings.

Organization: Ministry of Justice
SNPA - Tree Preservation Orders

The dataset records the extent and location of protected trees within Snowdonia National Park. Individual trees are represented by a point and groups of trees are represented by a polygon.

Local Planning Authorities have specific powers to protect individual trees, groups of trees, and woodlands if their removal or changes to them would have significant impact on the local environment and its enjoyment by the public. The legal mechanism is called a ‘Tree Preservation Order’ (TPO). Work to a tree protected by a TPO is prohibited without prior permission from the Local Planning Authority, although there are a number of exceptions to this.

In Snowdonia National Park, Snowdonia National Park Authority is the Local Planning Authority.

Upon accessing this Licensed Data you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Public Sector End User Licence - INSPIRE.

Organization: Snowdonia National Park Authority
National Pupil Database

Interested parties can now request extracts of data from the NPD using an improved application process accessed through the following website; GOV.UK
The first version of the NPD, including information from the first pupil level School Census matched to attainment information, was produced in 2002.
The NPD is one of the richest education datasets in the world holding a wide range of information about pupils and students and has provided invaluable evidence on educational performance to inform independent research, as well as analysis carried out or commissioned by the department.
There are a range of data sources in the NPD providing information about children’s education at different phases.  The data includes detailed information about pupils’ test and exam results, prior attainment and progression at each key stage for all state schools in England.  The department also holds attainment data for pupils and students in non-maintained special schools, sixth form and further education colleges and (where available) independent schools.
The NPD also includes information about the characteristics of pupils in the state sector and non-maintained special schools such as their gender, ethnicity, first language, eligibility for free school meals, awarding of bursary funding for 16-19 year olds, information about special educational needs and detailed information about any absences and exclusions.
Extracts of the data from NPD can be shared (under strict terms and conditions) with named bodies and third parties who, for the purpose of promoting the education or well-being of children in England, are:-
• Conducting research or analysis
• Producing statistics; or
• Providing information, advice or guidance.
The department wants to encourage more third parties to use the data for these purposes and produce secondary analysis of the data.
All applications go through a robust approval process and those granted access are subject to strict terms and conditions on the security, handling and use of the data, including compliance with the Data Protection Act.  Anyone requesting access to the most sensitive data will also be required to submit a business case.
More information on the application process including the User Guide, Application Form, Security Questionnaire and a full list of data items available can be found from the NPD web page at:- https://www.gov.uk/national-pupil-database-apply-for-a-data-extract


Organization: Department for Education
Mendip District Council Article 4 Directions

Removal of the permitted development rights in relation to certain types of development on a site. Certain types of property, or types of applicant, can benefit from permitted development rights to undertake work without the need to apply to the Planning Authority for planning permission. The Planning Portal explains more of the background on permitted development rights . These rights are regularly updated and changed and we are happy to advise in relation to each individual property.

Organization: Mendip District Council
The HALOGEN database

The HALOGEN (History, Archaeology, Linguistics, Onomastics and GENetics) database provides tabulated data from a cross-disciplinary research database which has been compiled, cleaned and reorganised from a number of different data sources.  These data sources are from the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), the Key to English Placenames (KEPN) and a genetics/surname database from the University of Leicester (GUL).  Data is georeferenced to British National Grid and in some cases data is reported at 1km granular resolution. These data were originally compiled to support the 'Roots of the British' project at the University of Leicester. Links to documentation on the project are provided and interested parties can also contact IT services at the University of Leicester for further information.

Organization: University of Edinburgh
Land and Property Assets

Land and Property Assets owned or managed by Bath and North East Somerset Council. Each asset has a unique property reference and a brief summary of what the asset consists of is listed. The table(?) includes freehold and leasehold properties as well as other land assets that are managed by the Council by agreement, under licence or on a statutory basis where the tenure field states -other- to indicate these properties are not owned by B&amp;amp;amp;amp;NES. This is a Static Cut of the data taken in February 2015

Organization: Bath and North East Somerset Council
Mendip District Council Tree Preservation Orders

Location of Tree Preservation Orders (TPO) within the Mendip District Council local authority area. 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: Mendip District Council
Higher Level Stewardship Target Areas (England)

A set of targeting maps to increase the environmental benefits delivered through Higher Level Stewardship. This data aims to help secure the most appropriate management in geographic areas where environmental outcomes are likely to be greatest. The targeting is first systematic joining together of information on biodiversity, landscape, natural resource protection, public access and historic interests.

Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Organization: Natural England
Tree Preservation Orders - Trees

A Tree Preservation Order (TPO) is an order made by the local planning authority in respect of trees or woodlands. The principal effect of a TPO is to prohibit the: cutting down, uprooting, topping, lopping, wilful damage, or wilful destruction of trees without the LPA's consent. TPO's are served on individual trees, groups of trees or woodlands when it is deemed to be expedient in the interests of amenity. They are used to protect trees and woodlands if their removal or changes to them would have a significant impact on the local environment and its enjoyment by the public. As the Local Planning Authority Norwich City Council has powers under provisions in the 1990 Town and Country Planning Act and the Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation)(England) Regulations 2012, to make Tree Preservation Orders. The Law requires that written consent must be given by the Local Planning Authority before any work to a protected tree is undertaken.

Organization: Norwich City Council
EngagedX SIRC Dataset1 - Performance data of social investment released for first time

5 June 2015 - New data published today reveals the financial performance of more than 400 closed investment deals in the UK social investment market. 

The dataset represents the largest aggregate study to date of historic social investment performance. Commissioned by the Social Investment Research Council and Royal Bank of Scotland, it uncovers the financial characteristics of deals, including their risk and return. 

A universal data model was developed by EngagedX to produce comparable benchmark data, which can help demonstrate the history of social investment and build confidence in the market. The anonymised performance data offers a snapshot of investments, ranging from £2,400 to £2.7m.  The data was provided by CAF Venturesome, Key Fund and Social Investment Business on both debt and equity investments made between 2002 and 2014.

Main findings from the data and the data collection process include:

•	A very high level of engagement and customisations offered by investors, tailoring finance to social sector organisations to meet their changing needs.

•	Overall, the total financial return over the 12 year period was negative 9.2%. The data was taken from a higher risk portion of the social investment market. In this portion market building and social impact are often prioritised and losses can be higher. 

This is the first time that social investment transactions from multiple investors have been combined into a single, comparable, dataset – once again demonstrating that the UK is at the forefront of the global movement to develop social investment as a force for good. 

A webinar to discuss how the data was collated will be held on 23rd June, 2015. Please email contact@engagedx.com to register your interest. 

Organization: EngagedX
Landscape Character Assessment

The purpose of the Landscape Character Assessment is to support the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority’s role and that of its partners in managing the landscape of the National Park by way of implementation of the policies in the National Park Management Plan and Local Development Plan. The Landscape Character Assessment will provide the National Park Authority and relevant partners with a tool to identify and address pressures causing landscape change, and specify management guidance to address these likely pressures. Its spatial approach provides a clear geographic reference for landscape character, special qualities and issues across the National Park. The Landscape Character Assessment was commissioned by the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority. It has been prepared by Fiona Fyfe Associates, with Julie Martin Associates, Alison Farmer Associates and Countryscape.

Organization: Brecon Beacons National Park Authority
SNPA Conservation Areas

Defined Conservation Areas in Snowdonia National Park, the limit of each Conservation Area is recorded as a polygon.

Conservation Areas are areas of special architectural or historic interest. Local planning authorities have a statutory duty to identify and designate such areas, and to preserve and enhance the areas while undertaking planning duties. They have special protection in planning law that controls the demolition of unlisted buildings and works to trees, restricts permitted development rights on dwelling houses, and tightens the regulations on advertising.

Upon accessing this Licensed Data you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Public Sector End User Licence – INSPIRE

Organization: Snowdonia National Park Authority
Southwark cycle parking

The data holds point locations of cycle parking provision within the London Borough of Southwark including stands, lockers and hangars.  For each parking provision there is information on the location, the type (stand, locker or hangar), the model/brand/design, information on the level of surveillance (if poor) and the number of available facilities and usable spaces for each location (for example a Sheffield stand facility has typically two usable spaces but in some locations may only have one). Comments on whether quality control was done and the source of the data are included. Contains Eastings and Northings in British National Grid projection. Data that was not controlled may contain some positional errors of 7m or so. In addition there may be a small number of superfluous records or missing records. Please use the contact details (envelope icon above) to inform Southwark Council if you come across errors. More information on how the data was created is available in the lineage statement in additional link below "Source GEMINI2 record (formatted)". It is expected to be updated on an annual basis. The data could be useful for tools or apps used by cyclists.

Organization: Southwark London Borough Council
OPEN GREEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE, PARK, RECREATION GROUND, CEMETERY, PLAY PARK, PLAYGROUND, PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, PROMENARD GARDENS Sites are freehold owned by Rother District Council and are made up of formal parks and gardens, cemeteries, grassed open spaces, sports pitches and woodland.
Data is available via the link below, to access the CSV file for this data please click on the arrow next to the data source, and click ‘Download’

Organization: Rother District Council
Ramsar sites

A Ramsar site is the land listed as a Wetland of International Importance under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (the Ramsar Convention) 1973. Data supplied has the status of "Listed". The data does not include "proposed" sites. Boundaries are mapped against Ordnance Survey MasterMap.

By using this data you are accepting the Terms of Use for Natural England’s Information and Data as published at:
http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/copyright
If you wish to use the data for commercial purposes you should contact Natural England's Enquiry Service, tel: 0845 600 3078, email: enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk.

Organization: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tree Preservation Orders

Dataset showing Tree Preservation Orders within the Wakefield District. A Tree Preservation Order (TPO) is an order made by the local planning authority in respect of trees or woodlands. The principal effect of a TPO is to prohibit the: cutting down, uprooting, topping, lopping, wilful damage, or wilful destruction of trees without the LPA's consent. TPO's are served on individual trees, groups of trees or woodlands when it is deemed to be expedient in the interests of amenity. They are used to protect trees and woodlands if their removal or changes to them would have a significant impact on the local environment and its enjoyment by the public. As the Local Planning Authority Wakefield City Council has a duty to consider making TPOs under the provisions of the 1990 Town and Country Planning Act and the Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation)(England) Regulations 2012. The Law requires that written consent must be given by the Local Planning Authority before any work to a protected tree is undertaken.

Organization: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Smoke Control Zones

Smoke Control Orders came into operation pursuant to the Clean Air Act 1956 (both The Clean Air Acts of 1956 and 1968 were replaced by the Clean Air Act 1993). It is an offence for an occupier of premises within a smoke control area to allow smoke emission from a chimney unless the smoke is caused by the use of an “authorised fuel”. Appliances which may be used in a smoke control area are defined in Smoke Control (exempted Fireplaces) Orders. These conditionally exempt the emission of smoke from chimneys serving the various fireplaces.

Organization: London Borough of Brent
Norfolk County Farms Estate

This layer identifies all the land owned and managed by the County Council forming the Councils County Farms Estate. Further details about the Estate can be found on the Council’s website as a link under Environment.  The layer provides field numbers and the area of each polygon.The layer is linked to a confidential comprehensive property database which records the data essential for the effective management of the Estate including tenants contractual details, term dates, rents, review dates.The  areas forming the County farms estate are identified by polygons and the field number and area is provided for each. The field number is an identifier unique to the Estate which has been generated by the Council and is not an Ordnance Survey or Rural Payments Agency identifier.The data is normally updated each year following any tenancy changes in October, but may be updated at other times if land or properties are sold or acquired.The Title to the land within the County Farms Estate has been registered with the Land Registry and the process of checking registered Title as recorded by the Land Registry against Title according to County Farm records is ongoing and errors rectified. The data on the database and the data on the mapping layers are checked at least once a year after any changes in areas in October each year.

Organization: Norfolk County Council
Historical Station Observations

Monthly data are available from 37 long-running historic stations, see the map for locations. The series typically range from 50 to more than 100 years in length.
					
					The data consists of:
					Mean daily maximum temperature (max) 
					Mean daily minimum temperature (min) 
					Days of air frost (af) 
					Total rainfall (rain) 
					Total sunshine duration (sun)

Organization: Met Office
The Database of Teacher Records

The Database of Teacher Records is a byproduct of the administration of the Teachers' Pension Scheme. The provision of data to the scheme is a statutory requirement.  It includes teachers and lecturers within educational establishments across England and Wales that are recognised as employers of staff who are within the Teachers Pension Scheme e.g. Local Authorities, Academies, Further Education, Higher Education Establishments, and accepted Independent Schools and Function Providers.
Information about service and salary at individual member level is collected from scheme employers.  The information is used to inform pension benefit calculations, scheme budget forecasting and valuations, and production of benefit statements.  The data collection takes place regularly throughout the year by an external contractor who delivers the scheme administration services on behalf of the Department.

The Teachers’ Pension Scheme Annual Return is a statutory information collection required for the purpose of pension scheme administration. The coverage of the collection is teachers and lecturers within establishments across England and Wales that are recognised as employers of the Teachers' Pension Scheme e.g. Local Authorities, Academies, Further Education, Higher Education Establishments, and accepted Independent Schools and Function Providers.
Information is collected on the number of individuals in receipt of a pension including the value and type of award made by the Teachers' Pension Scheme.

Organization: Department for Education
Rural Landscape Character Areas

The map shows the landscape character areas for the rural parts of Bath and North East Somerset whereby the landscape is divided into parcels of land with common characteristics. These 18 distinct landscape character areas are described in the Rural Landscapes of Bath and North East Somerset A Landscape Character Assessment which was approved as Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) on 17 February 2003. The Bath and North East Somerset area includes parts of three of the national landscape character areas: the Mendip Hills, the Cotswolds and Bristol, Avon Valleys and Ridges. This assessment at the intermediate / local authority scale reflects these distinctions and adds more detail and further subdivision.

Organization: Bath and North East Somerset Council
Pupil Referral Unit Census

The Pupil Referral Unit Census is a statutory return for all local authority maintained PRU's and alternative provision academies including alternative provision free schools in England.
The Pupil Referral Unit Census collects information about individual pupils and information about the pupil referral units themselves, such as their educational provision. The individual pupil information collected includes free school meal eligibility, ethnicity, special educational needs, attendance and exclusions.
The pupil referral unit census began in 2010 and was collected annually each year until January 2013. From January 2014 all pupil referral units, including alternative provision academies, will be required to submit termly data to the department as part of the School Census. Prior to the introduction of the pupil level Pupil Referral Unit Census, aggregated data was collected from Pupil Referral Units via the School Level Annual School Census.


Organization: Department for Education
Weather Extremes

The tables provided show the national weather records. To ensure consistency, these weather records are only given for stations with standard instruments and exposure. Although some records have been broken by non-standard stations, these are not accepted as official records for this reason.
					
					Records are provided as follows:
					
					For temperature by country, by month and by district for the following:
					Highest daily maximum temperature
					Highest daily minimum temperature
					Lowest daily maximum temperature
					Lowest daily minimum temperature
					
					For rainfall 
					by country, for highest 24-hour rainfall totals for a rainfall day (0900 - 0900 GMT) 
					by period, in days for UK rainfall records for consecutive rainfall days (0900 - 0900 GMT) 
					by period, in minutes for UK rainfall records for short durations (from 5 to 180 minutes)
					
					For sunshine hours by country, for highest monthly sunshine records 
					
					For gust speed by country and district (for sites below 250m), for highest gust speed

Organization: Met Office