AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Units granted planning permission on all sites, England

This Barbour provided dataset contains quarterly permissions for units granted planning permission in England for the given time period. Data are given as a rolling annual average. 

Barbour provide DCLG with up to date statistics on planning, construction, and house building across England to help provide better quality analysis for evidence based policy making under a contract (secured through open tender). The monthly and quarterly permissions are all the projects and units granted planning permission in England for the given time period. 


 Assumptions


* Permissions are broken down by size: ‘major’ and ‘minor’ with ‘minor’ being any project with fewer than 10 units. 

* Permissions are only counted if the project has reserved matters or detailed plans granted by the relevant authority. Outline Plans granted are not included.

* All residential categories are included except elderly person’s homes, hostels, student accommodation and any project with ‘holiday’ in its heading.

* Developments only where there is an element of ‘New Build’ or a conversion into residential.

* The totals are for England only


The figures exclude any re-permission awarded less than 1 year after any previous permission on a site.

This dataset differs from DCLG collected data on planning decisions. The figures collected by the Department are numbers of planning applications submitted to local planning authorities rather than the number of units included in each application.

Organization: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
CORE - Social housing lettings (PRP owned) - Vacant days

This dataset comprises the mean number of days that a property was vacant prior to the new letting for new general needs lettings, let at social rent levels, owned by Private Registered Providers.


These data are for new social housing lettings at the local authority area level, and are derived from record level data recorded through the COntinous REcording of social housing lettings. They cover new General Needs lettings, at social rent levels, owned by Private Registered Providers (PRPs). All figures are unweighted and are therefore not fully consistent with the weighted social rent data at national level in the 'Social Housing Lettings in England' statistical release.

Data are given for the mean number of days that a property was vacant for prior to a new general needs social rent PRP letting. The time vacant is defined as the period between the void (or new build handover) date or major repairs completion date (if major repairs carried out during the void period) and the tenancy start date.


Organization: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
CORE - Social housing lettings (LA owned) - Source of referral

This dataset comprises new general needs lettings, let at social rent levels owned by Local Authorities, classified by source of referral. 

These data are for new social housing lettings at the local authority area level, and are derived from record level data recorded through the COntinous REcording of social housing lettings. They cover new General Needs lettings, at social rent levels, owned by Local Authorities (LAs). All figures are unweighted and are therefore not fully consistent with the weighted social rent data at national level in the 'Social Housing Lettings in England' statistical release.

Some Local Authority areas are missing from the Local Authority owned datasets due to there being either no LA owned lettings in that area, or there being too few lettings in an area for the data to be released, as it is deemed disclosive.

Data are given for the source of referral of each general needs social rent LA letting. Some variables have been grouped into 'Other' for disclosure purposes due to their sensitive nature and/or risk of re-identification.

Organization: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Rough Sleepers Count

Street Count of Rough Sleepers

Rough sleeping counts and estimates are single night snapshots of the number of people sleeping
rough in local authority areas. Local authorities decide whether to carry out a count or an
estimate. They are encouraged to gain intelligence for street counts and estimates from local
agencies such as outreach workers, the police, the voluntary sector and faith groups who have
contact with rough sleepers on the street.

Organization: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Right To Buy - Number of Receipts by Local Authority

Right to Buy Receipts 

The figures include receipts arising from all sales included in the sales figures. Figures for a particular quarter may include receipts arising from a sale in another quarter, but do not include receipts arising from sales before 1 April 2012.  These figures represent the total receipt that and authority receives from the sale of a property after the Right to Buy Discount. A portion of these receipts are reserved for costs incurred by authorities in administering the RTB scheme, paying off additional local authority housing debt, an amount for authorities to use for general capital purposes, a share required by HM Treasury, and (in a small number of cases) for buying back former council properties, the remainder of the receipts are for the funding of additional homes for affordable or social rent. 

Organization: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness Acceptances per 1000 households , England, District

The term "Homelessness" is often considered to apply only to people "sleeping rough". However, most of our statistics on homelessness relate to the statutorily homeless i.e. those households which meet specific criteria of priority need set out in legislation, and to whom a homelessness duty has been accepted by a local authority.

Such households are rarely homeless in the literal sense of being without a roof over their heads, but are more likely to be threatened with the loss of, or are unable to continue with, their current accommodation.

A "main homelessness duty" is owed where the authority is satisfied that the applicant is eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and falls within a specified priority need group. Such statutorily homeless households are referred to as "acceptances".

This dataset provides statistics on the numbers of households accepted as statutorily homeless and presented in terms of acceptances per 1000 households in each local authority area. The total number of acceptances is broken down further according to ethnicity in the related dataset, Homelessness Acceptances.

The numbers are presented in terms of households, not individuals. A household is defined as: one person living alone, or a group of people living at the same address who share common housekeeping or a living room.

Values of less than five households have been suppressed. In addition, some values of five or greater have been suppressed to prevent other suppressed values being calculated

This data is also available in Table 784a, available for download as an Excel spreadsheet.


Organization: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness Decisions , England, District

Decisions on whether a household is homeless and in priority need.

The term "Homelessness" is often considered to apply only to people "sleeping rough". However, most of our statistics on homelessness relate to the statutorily homeless i.e. those households which meet specific criteria of priority need set out in legislation, and to whom a homelessness duty has been accepted by a local authority. 

Such households are rarely homeless in the literal sense of being without a roof over their heads, but are more likely to be threatened with the loss of, or are unable to continue with, their current accommodation.

All households that apply for assistance under the Housing and Homelessness Acts are referred to as "decisions". However, these do not include households found to be ineligible for assistance (some persons from abroad are ineligible for assistance).

This dataset provides statistics on the numbers of decisions made on applications for assistance.  The data is broken down by local authority and according to the outcome of the decision: either rejected, together with reason for rejection, or accepted. 

The numbers are presented in terms of households, not individuals. A household is defined as: one person living alone, or a group of people living at the same address who share common housekeeping or a living room.

Values of less than five households have been suppressed. In addition, some values of five or greater have been suppressed to prevent other suppressed values being calculated

This data is also available in Table 784a, available for download as an [Excel spreadsheet](https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/437290/Table_784a.xlsx).

Organization: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Permanent dwellings started, England, District By Tenure

This data set contains annual data and the most recent quarterly data on house building starts. From 2011/12 imputed data is included. Imputed data should not be seen as an estimate for the individual authority but is given on an authority basis to allow custom totals to be constructed. 


House building data are collected at local authority district level, but it is important to treat figures at this level with care. House building is unevenly distributed both geographically and over time and patterns of housing development can produce clusters of new homes which make the figures at a low geographic level volatile and difficult to interpret.

For detailed definitions of all tenures, see definitions of housing terms on Housing Statistics		

The district level and county figures are as reported by local authorities and the NHBC. Where a local authority has not submitted a quarterly return to DCLG, no figure has been presented for this local authority (and when relevant its county) for any 12-month period that includes the missing quarter.		

England total figures include estimates for missing data returns from independent Approved Inspectors and Local Authorities, so the sum of district values may be slightly less than the England totals.

*House building starts* -  A dwelling is counted as started on the date work begins on the laying of the foundation, including 'slabbing' for houses that require it, but not including site preparation. Thus when foundation work commences on a pair of semi-detached houses two houses are counted as started, and when work begins on a block of flats all the dwellings in that block are counted as started. The starts of houses in building schemes are usually phased over a period of weeks or even, in very large schemes, months.

*Tenure* – For the purposes of these statistics, the term tenure refers to the nature of the organisation responsible for the development of a new housing start or completion. It does not necessarily describe the terms of occupancy for the dwelling on completion. For example, some housing associations develop homes for sale on the open market. Such homes would be reported in the Housing Association tenure of these statistics, but would ultimately most likely be owned and occupied in the private sector.

*Housing association* - “Housing associations (HAs)” is used as the generic name for all social landlords not covered by local authorities (see below). In previous editions HAs were referred to as Registered Social Landlords (RSL), and the technical term (private) Registered Provider (pRP) of social housing is also sometimes used. The more all-encompassing description of ‘housing associations’ is now seen as more helpful to users of these statistics.

These data were derived from live table [253a](https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/639541/LiveTable_253a.xlsx) (quarterly figures).


Organization: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Dwelling stock local authority stock, by district, England

Local Authority Dwelling Stock

Since 2012, the data on local authority and other public sector housing stock are taken from the Department for Communities and Local Government’s Local Authority Housing Statistics (LAHS) return, which is completed and returned every year by local authorities. Prior to 2012, the data were taken from the Department for Communities and Local Government’s Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA). These data are used directly in the dwelling stock tenure split. A web link to this data source where you can find further information is given in the ‘Data collection’ section of this publication.

A dwelling is defined (in accordance with the Census definition) as a self-contained unit of accommodation. Self-containment is where all the rooms (including kitchen, bathroom and toilet) in a household's accommodation are behind a single door which only that household can use. Non-self-contained household spaces at the same address should be included together as a single dwelling. Therefore a dwelling can consist of one self-contained household space or two or more non-self-contained household spaces at the same address.

Organization: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Inspectorate - Planning Appeals Casework

The data in this data set covers the last 5 rolling years for appeals with a decision date.  Appeals currently in progress and those which have been withdrawn or turned away are not included.							


This data set includes detailed information on selection of Planning Inspectorate's (PINS) planning appeal casework decisions over a 5 year rolling period.  Appeals currently in progress and those which have been withdrawn or turned away are not included.

Please note that the Planning Inspectorate will not entertain a challenge to the appointment of any Decision Maker on the basis of this data.

* All cases are considered on their individual merits, and on the basis of the evidence submitted.
* Targets are not set for the percentage of allowed and dismissed cases.
* Decision Makers do not select their own casework.
* Casework is allocated to Decision Maker on the best balance of availability, geography, casework level and expertise.  This may produce apparent patterns of outcome that are in fact artefacts of the way work is allocated and do not provide evidence as to an Inspector's fitness for or approach to a particular case.
* Decision Makers handle different numbers of cases in a year – some dealing with as few as one which would give a result of 100% allowed or 100% dismissed
* Decision Makers are rigorously trained to ensure that they develop and maintain the skills necessary to undertake the work that they are given.  These skills will influence the type of cases they deal with.
* Some appeals are linked together as they relate to the same or similar development on the same site
* The Inspectorate has an exacting Ministerial target which requires all casework to be 99% free from justified complaint or legal challenge.
* A Decision Maker constitutes a selected person appointed to carry out: open, impartial, honest decisions on behalf of the Secretary of State.		

Further information about the dataset is available in the separate downloadable [document](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/odc-files/PINS_Appeals_data_notes_and_guidance_December_2017.docx).  This includes an explanation for each field, with  an indicator of the data quality.  Some categorisation of appeals can be subjective.  We have various mechanisms for checking our data and being alerted to changes - therefore data can change between different publications of this data set.  If you spot a data error please tell us; statistics@pins.gsi.gov.uk.	

Organization: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Households in temporary accommodation per 1000 households, England, District

This dataset contains the numbers of households accommodated by local authorities per 1000 households, broken down by local authority.

The term "Homelessness" is often considered to apply only to people "sleeping rough". However, most of our statistics on homelessness relate to the statutorily homeless i.e. those households which meet specific criteria of priority need set out in legislation, and to whom a homelessness duty has been accepted by a local authority. 

Such households are rarely homeless in the literal sense of being without a roof over their heads, but are more likely to be threatened with the loss of, or are unable to continue with, their current accommodation.

A "main homelessness duty" is owed where the authority is satisfied that the applicant is eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and falls within a specified priority need group. Such statutorily homeless households are referred to as "acceptances".

This dataset provides statistics on the numbers of households accepted as statutorily homeless.  The data is broken down according to the ethnic group of the applicants and by local authority area.  

The numbers are presented in terms of households, not individuals. A household is defined as: one person living alone, or a group of people living at the same address who share common housekeeping or a living room.

Values of less than five households have been suppressed. In addition, some values of five or greater have been suppressed to prevent other suppressed values being calculated

This data is also available in Table 784a, available for download as an [Excel spreadsheet](https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/437290/Table_784a.xlsx).


Organization: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Right to Buy sales, England, by Local Authority area

These statistics relate only to sales by local authorities under the Right to Buy scheme and exclude sales by Private Registered Providers (PRPs) under preserved Right to Buy. Sales by PRPs are recorded in Social Housing Sales

The sales figures exclude Right to Buy sales of dwellings which are not accounted for in a local authority’s Housing Revenue Account, either because the authority, having disposed of nearly all its dwellings to a registered provider, has closed down its Housing Revenue Account or because the dwelling was originally tied to a particular occupation (e.g. a school caretaker’s cottage or a park keeper’s cottage).

The figures also exclude any Right to Buy sales of dwellings which, although accounted for in the Housing Revenue Account, are the subject of an agreement made either under section 80B of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (as inserted by section 313 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 and now repealed) or under section 11(6) of the Local Government Act 2003 (as inserted by section 174 of the Localism Act 2011). 

The figures include sales at less than market value of dwellings accounted for in the Housing Revenue Account to secure tenants of a local authority, even when those sales are not under Right to Buy.

Some figures will include proportions of dwellings. This is because the figures also include sales of a shared ownership lease of a dwelling accounted for in the Housing Revenue Account where either the premium (i.e. a portion of the market value of the dwelling) paid by the purchaser exceeded 50% of the market value of the dwelling or the sum of the premium paid by the purchaser and all other premiums paid up to two years before the payment of the current premium. Where a shared ownership disposal has been included, the figure corresponds to the portion of the market value paid; for example the purchase of a 50% equity share will be represented by 0.5.

For detailed definitions, see definitions in Right to Buy Statistics.

Data are collected from a quarterly local authority return to the DCLG called LOGASNet. Local authorities with dwelling stock which receive poolable housing receipts supply these data to DCLG on a quarterly basis.

These data are taken directly from the Social Housing Sales data set, [Live Table 691](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales)


Please note that figures published in the live tables are organised into financial quarters, i.e. 2013/2014 financial Q1 corresponds to April-June 2013, whereas figures are published here in calendar quarter intervals, where 2013 calendar Q1 corresponds to the interval Jan – March 2013. 


If data is not provided for a local authority this is either due to the authority not owning dwelling stock, or the reporting boundaries changing and thereby causing groups of authorities in the affected areas to be reclassified and consequently not reporting data for specific time periods.     




Organization: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Council Tax Band D Average

This dataset shows the average Band D council tax amount charged by each billing authority and county council in England. Billing authorities comprise shire districts, unitary authorities, metropolitan districts and London boroughs. 

The information was collected on the Council Tax Requirement forms submitted by all billing and major precepting authorities to DCLG. Statistical releases giving full details of council tax for each year can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/council-tax-statistics. Parish precepts are amounts raised by parishes to fund their activities and added to council tax bills by the billing authority.

Organization: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Record level Energy Performance Certificate data

This dataset contains a link to the separate website for Energy Performance of Buildings, England and Wales at https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/

The website [Energy Performance of Buildings: England and Wales](https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/docs/copyright) holds data on:

* Domestic EPCs
* Non-domestic EPCs
* Display Energy Certificates

The data can be searched, filtered and downloaded.   
 [Guidance](https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/docs/guidance) is provided on the background to the data release and how it is organised.

The data contains Royal Mail intellectual property and use of the data is subject to the Data Protection Act.  For full details, refer to the [Copyright Information](https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/docs/copyright) and [Data Protection](https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/docs/protection) information.

There is also an [API](https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/docs/api) for programmatic access to the data.

Keywords: EPC, DEC

Organization: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government