LandTech and its data

The LandTech Ecosystem provides property professionals with the highest quality, straightforward and most frequently maintained data available on the market.

Take a look at the information below to find out more about our datasets, and how they can help you beat the competition to your next development opportunity.

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Ownership data

What does LandTech’s Ownership data provide?

Our Ownership data allows property professionals to view the ownership and contact information for any site whose owner is in the public domain. Sites owned by companies, corporate bodies, local authorities, housing associations, etc can easily be identified as such.

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What Ownership datasets are available, where do they come from, and how often are they updated?

Ownership data

Dataset Source Updated
Parcels HM Land Registry Every month
Ownership information HM Land Registry and Companies House Every month
Addresses OS AddressBase Plus Every 4-6 weeks

Planning Applications data

What does LandTech’s Planning Application data provide?

LandTech’s Planning Application data allows users to see the most up to date information for ongoing and also historical planning applications, covering residential, commercial and also other applications. 

Users can also see where planning applications have been approved, rejected and also appealed.

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What Planning Applications datasets are available, where do they come from, and how often are they updated?

Planning Applications data

Dataset Source Updated
Planning application information, including planning application details and boundaries (where possible) Local planning authorities (LPAs) Every 24 hours
Planning appeals Planning Inspectorate Appeals Database Every 3 months

Planning Policy data

What does LandTech’s Planning Policy data provide?

Our Planning Policy data is available for England and Wales and includes a plethora of information to better understand opportunities in your chosen area.

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What Planning Policy datasets are available, where do they come from, and how often are they updated?

Significant Constraints data

Dataset Source Coverage Updated
Flood zone Environment Agency Flood Zones 2 and 3

England and Wales

Updated as soon as updates are made available
Flood risk Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and the Sea / NRW / SEPA

Great Britain

Updated as soon as updates are made available

Heritage Land/Listed buildings

Historic England / Historic Environment Scotland / Cadw

Great Britain

Monthly

Conservation areas

Historic England / Cadw / Historic Environment Scotland / Local Authorities

Great Britain

Updated annually

Protected area. Covering:

  • SSSIs
  • Sites of local importance for nature conservation (LINC)
  • Site of Borough importance for nature conservation (BINC)
  • Area of Metropolitan importance for nature conservation
  • Local Nature Reserves
  • Wildlife corridors
  • National Landscapes (formerly AONBs)
  • National Nature Reserves
  • Ramsar sites
  • Special Areas of Conservation
  • Special Protected Areas
  • Biosphere Reserves
  • Ancient Woodland
  • Common Land

Natural England / SEPA / NRW / Scottish Government / Local Authorities

Great Britain

Updated as soon as updates are made available

Settlement boundaries and other policy designations

From Adopted Local Plan for each local authority, and Emerging Local Plan (if available)

Great Britain

Updated as soon as updates are made available. Dependant on publication of local plan documents.

Green Belt

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) / Local Authorities / Scottish Government 

Great Britain

Annually

Nutrient Neutrality

Natural England, Natural Resources Wales, Local Planning Authorities

England and Wales

Updated as soon as updates are made available

Water Neutrality

Environment Agency, Natural England, Local Authorities 

England

Updated as soon as updates are made available

Rights of way

Local Planning Authorities and other public sources

England and Wales

Updated as soon as updates are made available

Metropolitan Open Land/Open Space

London Datastore, Local Planning Authorities

England

Updated as soon as updates are made available

Tree Preservation Orders

HMLR, planning.data.gov.uk, Local Planning Authorities, LT planning database

England and Wales

As new councils join the HMLR LLC programme

Regeneration Zones data

Dataset Source Updated

Area Action Plans

Local plans, both adopted and emerging

Updated when new emerging plans are published, or when emerging plans are adopted

Named Regeneration Areas

Local plans, both adopted and emerging

Updated when new emerging plans are published, or when emerging plans are adopted

Allocations data

Dataset Source Updated

Residential Allocations

Local plans, both adopted and emerging

Updated when new emerging plans are published, or when emerging plans are adopted

Site Allocations

Local plans, both adopted and emerging

Updated when new emerging plans are published, or when emerging plans are adopted

Land Availability Assessments data

Dataset Source Updated

SHLAA

Local authorities

Updated as soon as we’re notified a new SHLAA/HELAA/SHELAA document has been published.

Brownfield Register - Point data

planning.data.gov.uk (sourced and collated from individual local authorities, cleaned by LandTech)

Updated annually

Agricultural Land Classification data

Dataset Source Updated

Best and most versatile agricultural land classification (BMV)

Natural England and Natural Resources Wales

Annually

Local Planning Authority data

Dataset Source Updated

Local planning authority boundaries

Local planning authorities

Annually

Local plan status (i.e. In/out of date) 

Planning Inspectorate record of plans containing Strategic Policies

As soon as we’re notified of an update 

Housing delivery test status (I.e. has the authority achieved 75% of its need, or government housing targets)

Department of Levelling Up Housing and Communities annual report 

Annually, or as published. 

Housing land supply status (I.e.Is the council able to demonstrate 5 years worth of housing land supply?)

Various public sources, including the local authority updates and planning appeals. 

We’re constantly tracking this and we update our dataset monthly.

Emerging plan status

Planning Inspectorate record of plans containing Strategic Policies

As soon as we’re notified of an update

Power Infrastructure data

What does LandTech’s Power Infrastructure data provide?

The LandTech Power Infrastructure data provides property professionals with two main sources of information. The first provides details of distributed network operator (DNO) substations, and allows capacity to be analysed so that sites can be sourced in the right locations with power supply in mind.

The second provides details of the locations of National Grid towers, power loans and cables.

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What power infrastructure datasets are available, where do they come from, and how often are they updated?

Power infrastructure data

Dataset Source Updated

Substation information

Electricity North West, Northern Powergrid, SP Energy Networks, UK Power Networks, SSE, Western Power Distribution (now part of National Grid)

Daily

Towers & Cables

UK Power Network

Updated every quarter

Property Information data

What does LandTech’s Property Information data provide?

With a single click, users will be able to enquire on the use class, building dimensions, constraints, flood areas (and more) of a site.

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What Property Information datasets are available, where do they come from, and how often are they updated?

Property Information data

Dataset Source Updated

Use Class, type of property and status

OS AddressBase Plus

Every 4-6 weeks

Building dimensions

OS Master Map

N/A

Listed buildings

Historic England / Historic Environment Scotland / Cadw

Monthly

Comparables data 

What does LandTech’s Comparables data provide?

View the latest sold prices for residential and commercial properties in your areas of interest, and then use that data to calculate what the potential sold price of your development could be.

Users can also take advantage of integrated, market-leading Hometrack (powered by Zoopla) data to add extra levels of accuracy to the data on offer.

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What Comparables datasets are available, where do they come from, and how often are they updated?

Comparables data

Dataset Source Updated

Sales prices

HM Land Registry - Price Paid

Hometrack

Updated monthly

Market value

HM Land Registry - UK House Price Index

Hometrack

Updated weekly

£/sq ft values

Energy Performance Certificates

Updated monthly

New build data

HM Land Registry - Price Paid

Updated monthly

Number of bedrooms, bathrooms and receptions

Energy Performance Certificates

Updated monthly

Floor area

Energy Performance Certificates

Updated monthly

Energy rating

Energy Performance Certificates

Updated monthly

Rental asking and estimate

Hometrack

Updated monthly

Maps data

What does LandTech’s Maps data provide?

LandTech leverages two different kinds of map source into the LandTech Ecosystem. These being Google Maps and OS Maps. Both of which are integrated directly from the source.

All maps within the LandTech Ecosystem are updated just as soon as they are updated in Google Maps and OS Maps.

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Biodiversity

What biodiversity datasets are available, where do they come from, and how often are they updated?

Biodiversity data

Dataset Source Updated

National Character Areas

Natural England

Quarterly

OS Open Rivers

Ordnance Survey

Quarterly

Water Body Catchments

Environment Agency

Quarterly

Operational Catchments

Environment Agency

Quarterly

Irreplaceable Habitats - Ancient Tree Inventory

The Woodland Trust

Monthly

Irreplaceable Habitats - Spartina Saltmarsh Sward

Environment Agency

Annual

Irreplaceable Habitats - all others

Natural England

Monthly

Open Mosaic Habitats

Natural England

Monthly

Priority Habitat Inventory

Natural England

Monthly

Other Protected Habitats  
- National Nature Reserves
- Ramsar site
- Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
- Special Protection Area (SPA)
- Local Nature Reserve
- Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)

Natural England

Monthly

Other Protected Habitats  
- Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation (LINC)
- Borough Importance for Nature Conservation (BINC)
- Area of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation

Local planning authority

When available

Habitat Network Improvement Areas

Natural England

Monthly

Nature Recovery Projects

Natural England

Quarterly

Flood Zones

Environment Agency Flood Zones 2 and 3

Irregular

Green Belt

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) / Local Authorities / Scottish Government 

Annual (October)

Agricultural Land Classification

Natural England, Natural Resources Wales

Annual

Allocations

Local planning authorities

When available

Land Availability Assessments

Local planning authorities

When available

Brownfield Register

Point data: planning.data.gov.uk (sourced and collated from individual local authorities). 

Polygon data: London Datastore, individual local authorities (we will be adding iteratively)

All authorities have to publish their updated data once a year by 31 December. We aim to update by end of January.

Amenities

What amenities datasets are available, where do they come from, and how often are they updated?

Amenities data

Dataset Source Coverage Updated

Education

Edubase (Department for Education)

England and Wales

Annual (start of school year)

Public transport

National Public Transport Access Nodes (NaPTAN) from the Department for Transport

Great Britain

Monthly

Healthcare

NHS

England and Wales

Annual

Retail

Geolytix

Great Britain

Annual

Demographics

What demographics datasets are available, where do they come from, and how often are they updated?

Demographics data

Dataset Data source Geographies Coverage Updated

Age 5 year bandings

ONS Census 2021

LSOA, MSOA, Local Authority District (LAD), Region, National

England and Wales

When available

Population projections

ONS

LAD

England and Wales

N/A

Income

ONS

LSOA, MSOA, LAD, Region, National

England and Wales

When available

Housing affordability

ONS

MSOA, LAD

England and Wales

When available

Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

MHCLG / OSCI / Deprivation.org

LSOA, MSOA, LAD, Region

England and Wales

When available (next update due 2025)

Employment

ONS Census 2021

LSOA, MSOA, LAD, Region, National

England and Wales

When available

Occupation

ONS Census 2021

LSOA, MSOA, LAD, Region, National

England and Wales

When available

Occupancy rate

ONS Census 2021

LSOA, MSOA, LAD, Region, National

England and Wales

When available

Population density

ONS Census 2021

LSOA, MSOA

England and Wales

When available

Dwelling density

OS

LSOA, MSOA

England and Wales

Annual

Dwelling type

ONS Census 2021

LSOA, MSOA, LAD, Region, National

England and Wales

When available

Property tenure

ONS Census 2021

LSOA, MSOA, LAD, Region, National

England and Wales

When available

Dwelling age

Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC) 

LSOA

England and Wales

When available

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