Address Lifecycle

The lifecycle of an address from planning to demolition

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Where does Address data come from?

Background

Since 2011, addressing information has been managed by  GeoPlace LLPG  under a joint venture partnership between  Local Government Association  and  Ordnance Survey (OS). 

GeoPlace has a central hub that collates and processes large volumes of data on a daily basis from over 350 data source providers including:

Local Authorities

Local Authorities have custodians that manage their Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG) and the Local Highways Authority create and manage their Local Street Gazetteer (LSG)

Royal Mail

Royal Mail create and manage their own Postcode Address Database, that holds and individual Postcode Address File (PAF) for each Delivery Point Address (DPA)

Valuation Office Agency

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) holds data on properties that are non-domestic/business claiming business rate taxes, this data is matched with the property's address from the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG)

Improvement Service

The Improvement Service manage the One Scotland Gazetteer (OSG) which is updated by 32 Scottish Authorities

Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey provides OS MasterMap Topography Layer, OS MasterMap Highways Layer data locates additional non-postal addresses

Once GeoPlace has received the LLPG data and the LSG data maintained by local authorities, they can compile the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG), National Street Gazetteer (NSG), and One Scotland Gazetteer (OSG).

They also enrich the data using various data sets to populate product attributes including improving the coordinates, classifications, and lifecycle information to enhance the overall quality of the data.

 GeoPlace  Infographic showing the lifecycle from data submission to published data (2023)

Once all data submissions have been extracted, transformed, validated, and loaded, everything is brought together to produce the National Address Gazetteer, the single definitive source of accurate addressing and street data for the UK.

Data from the National Address Gazetteer is transformed into AdressBase products for Ordnance Survey to publish to the Public Sector and Partners.


Lifecycle

The addressing information is used to verify the chronological timeline of the lifecycle of every single property in the UK.

Land Enquiry

Data Source: HM Land Registry

Land Transaction

Data Source: HM Land Registry

Outline Planning

Data Source: Local Authority

Application Approved

Data Source: Local Authority

Street Naming & Numbering (SNN)

Data Source: Local Authority

Allocate Postcode

Data Source: Royal Mail

Building Starts

Data source: Local Authority

Survey

Data source: Ordnance Survey

Occupancy

Data source: Local Authority

Change

Data source: Local Authority This can be a change of name, number, use, classification, owner, position, or occupant

Demolition

Data source: Local Authority

Archive

Data source: Local Authority


So what does Address data look like during the lifecycle?

 GeoPlace  Infographic showing the lifecycle from data submission to published data (2023)