Land Use Framework Consultation - OSMUK response?

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Buried in the middle of the UK government’s rather expansive Land Use Framework consultation are a few juicy open data questions - notably questions 17, 18, and particularly 20:

We want to move towards a system where data is more widely accessible for the public benefit, whilst considering these organisations’ current operational and funding models.
For HM Land Registry, we want to do this by making more data free to access, with plans to change the structure of their fees. This includes reviewing whether they are aligned with the Government’s strategic ambitions, how they can be made less complex and fairer for customers, and lower barriers to accessing data. These proposals will explore options to increase transparency of land and property data to support innovation and enable citizen participation in co-design of land use policy.
QUESTION 20: Which sources of spatial data should Government consider making free or easier to access, including via open licensing, to increase their potential benefit?

It might be worthwhile for OSMUK to submit an official response to this.

(Thankfully you can skip all the other questions if you don’t want to answer them.)

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Hi Russ (and others!)

The OSMUK response will probably mention releasing of up to date data sources in a license compatible format, particularly so it is not derived from incompatible sources, for use by contributors in OSM.

I’d like ideas of any specific data sources to request or points to raise in the OSMUK response.

If suggestions can be received by end of Feb, then I can collate them to discuss at at the next board meeting.

Gareth - A director at OSMUK

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Always worth banging on about the PAF, I think!

Question 17 specifically mentions UPRNs and INSIPRE IDs - I think it’s worth trying to get those added to as many datasets as possible. (It always baffles me why many Land Registry datasets don’t have the INSPIRE ID…)

Some datasets currently have restricted licenses because they contain address data or personal data - for those datasets it would be good to have either a licence which allows re-use of the unencumbered parts of the data, or a separate redacted dataset under the OGL.

Other than that, no datasets currently jump to mind…

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