Case Studies

06 July 2020

26 June 2020

22 June 2020

British APCO has been working with the Cabinet Office, Welsh Government and ACPO members from both the emergency services and the commercial sector to look at the problem of exchanging incidents between agency control rooms.

06 June 2020

GeoPlace is working with central and devolved governments to include the UPRN in data sent to local authorities to support shielding measures for vulnerable people to COVID-19.

04 June 2020

In being a Permit scheme authority, the council is able to rely on accurate information from works promoters before carrying out work. This is because, the permit scheme provides a more formal way of booking time/road space on Highways.

19 May 2020

Improving services for citizens with one version of the truth

Designed to share data across the wider public sector, Lle (meaning ‘place’ in the Welsh language), is a hub for data and information related to Wales and the environment.

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18 May 2020

A GeoPlace commissioned study projects net benefits up to £202 million by 2020 from better use of the address and street data that councils create and maintain

03 April 2020

This case study explores how North East Lincolnshire Council has achieved improvements in its local address data against a backdrop of increased pressure on staff resources and I.T. challenges.

03 April 2020

The Partnership between Adur and Worthing councils is proving to be a nationally significant collaboration model, the first one of its kind.

02 April 2020

Hackney Council are using the UPRN to identify the most vulnerable people in our communities – and to give them the joined-up, practical support they need.

13 February 2020

Using the UPRN to improve collection of Land Transaction Tax in Wales

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13 February 2020

Defnyddio’r Rhif Cyfeirnod Eiddo Unigryw (UPRN) i wella casglu Treth Trafodiadau Tir yng Nghymru

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11 February 2020

Dorset combines six authorities: Dorset County Council, East Dorset District, North Dorset District, Purbeck District, West Dorset District, Weymouth & Portland Borough- to become a single unitary authority.

28 January 2020

Milton Keynes Council has developed an innovative approach to monitoring development sites with the use of drone technology, enabling them to pre-empt citizen's needs.

29 October 2019

Huntingdonshire District Council have improved internal processes to ensure that the Electoral Register is continuously maintained with new and updated addresses for residential properties.

07 October 2019

Using location data and technology of today to reveal the secrets of the past

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24 September 2019

Using location to create understandable shareable insights

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24 September 2019

Scarborough Council - Sharing data securely, bringing down costs, protecting information - using the UPRN

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24 September 2019

Reducing costs and improving services to citizens using the UPRN

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24 September 2019

One version of the truth - improving services for citizens

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24 September 2019

Nottingham Council - Sharing data securely, bringing down costs, protecting information

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24 September 2019

The journey of an address in the Police system

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24 September 2019

Integrated location delivers greater reliability and interoperability

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24 September 2019

HMRC - tackling and preventing fraud using the UPRN

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24 September 2019

Environment Roads and Facilities (ERF) digital transformation project

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24 September 2019

Predicting and preventing fires using predictive analytics and the UPRN

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05 September 2019

Good communication is vital in our lives. Ofcom makes excellent use of Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs) in AddressBase Premium and AddressBase Islands to ensure its policy analysis is dependable and authoritative.

25 June 2019

Nottingham City Council are pioneering smart cities with their app to manage their district heating system using FME integrated data technology. They have combined their district heating network data with the National Street Gazetteer (NSG) to create a visual resource for safer street works.

25 September 2018

Linking people and places The Nation’s Census Address Custodians are our unsung heroes

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14 August 2018

North Somerset Council - UPRNs identify missing Business Rates and Council Tax revenue streams

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25 July 2018

The Exemplar Award is awarded to the best example or demonstration of local address and/or street datasets providing quantifiable benefit to the citizen/authority/region/nation. This year's winner is Leeds City Council for its project to use local address data to verify population estimates. By using accurate data on the number of residential units, where they are located, and which ones are vacant, a far more accurate population estimate is able to be calculated at any period of time.

12 July 2018

Protecting traffic sensitive streets in East Sussex

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05 July 2018

London Borough of Lewisham uses UPRNs to transform borough-wide services for residents

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28 June 2018

Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council - UPRNs make waste collection operations more efficient

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20 June 2018

Mid Sussex District Council - using UPRNs to secure £2.2m Government funding for local broadband improvements

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19 June 2018

Sefton Council - UPRNs help to improve the standard of living in rented accommodation

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19 June 2018

Reigate & Banstead Council - using UPRNs to ensure electoral equality and empower insight

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19 June 2018

Denbighshire County Council - using UPRNs to secure funding and improve tenants’ housing conditions

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11 January 2018

Kent integrated Database – using the UPRN to support health and care providers

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04 January 2018

In 2010, Oxford City Council implemented a new domestic and trade waste recycling software system. This system was designed to be underpinned by the Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG).

04 January 2018

The London Borough of Redbridge have used their Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG) matched Electoral Roll to help model submissions for the 2016 Ward Boundary Review.

17 November 2017

Camden Council – creating a Residents’ Index using the UPRN

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13 November 2017

Rushmoor Borough Council – Increasing customer satisfaction with UPRNs

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13 November 2017

Bath & North East Somerset Council - Using UPRNs to improve business rate collection

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13 November 2017

Manchester City Council — Using the UPRN to identify families with troubles

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13 November 2017

Salford City Council - Using the UPRN to better service customers

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13 November 2017

Brighton & Hove City Council - Using UPRN as the key to creating a unifi ed Customer Index

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13 November 2017

Harrow Council – the UPRN, the logical glue, or “How I was converted to understand the importance of the LLPG”

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13 November 2017

Brighton & Hove City Council – using the USRN to light up the city

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25 October 2017

In 2013, the London Borough of Camden developed a Residents Index using a Master Data Management (MDM) platform. The Camden Residents Index (CRI) unites information from multiple council data sources to create a single, consistent view of residents across the borough and the council services that they are accessing. The system uses sophisticated probabilistic matching techniques to link records from different business system together to produce a single golden view of the citizen and the household.

09 October 2017

As with many other local authorities in England and Wales, Salford City Council faces challenges to reduce costs whilst improving levels of customer satisfaction.

09 October 2017

For many years Bath and North East Somerset (BANES) Council operated a paper-based Street Naming and Numbering (SNN) system. It became increasingly untenable with the expansion in workload, the need to cut administration costs, and the desire from applicants to apply and pay on line.

21 September 2017

InSmart -Integrated Smart City Planning is a three year, European funded project which involves four European Cities working in partnership towards a sustainable energy future. The primary objective of the project is to develop sustainable energy action plans for each partner city.

10 July 2017

The London Borough of Harrow have created an internal dashboard as a simple and effective way to provide instant information about systems linked to their Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG) across the council.

02 May 2017

Understanding local populations between censuses

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18 January 2017

Northumberland County Council achieved digital transformation in their online reporting tools aimed at residents. The tool can be used to report street lighting faults; missed bin collections or potholes. The tool has achieved efficiencies for the authority as well as an improved customer experience. All this has been enabled through effective use of existing resources, including the Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG) and the Local Street Gazetteer (LSG).

26 October 2016

In June 2012, Leeds City Council became a permit scheme authority. The permit scheme is facilitated by the National Street Gazetteer (NSG) and improved by the quality of Additional Street Data (ASD).

05 October 2016

In line with other authorities, Bath and North East Somerset Council have been faced with a decrease in government funding. In response, the council chose to raise income, and minimise cuts to their services.

11 August 2016

Brighton & Hove Council are linking their street works information with the enhancement of the Street Lighting Inventory, for a more efficient process. This was particularly important to the street works engineers.

14 July 2016

When Wiltshire County Council became a unitary authority, it inherited Local Land and Property Gazetteers (LLPGs) from its previous four district councils. The LLPG which now holds 250,000 addresses, has been integrated into a number of core business systems allowing the council to benefit from accurate addressing, reduce the duplication of effort and minimise the risk of errors as well as providing consistency for its customers.

14 July 2016

In late December, 2015, Leeds City Council faced intense flash flooding within its area. Urgent action was needed to identify all affected buildings. The Business Rates and Council Tax departments needed to identify flooded areas in order to avoid any miscommunication with regards to missed payments and provide mandatory relief. The Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) became a key driver in the assessment of the entitled relief for all residential and commercial properties.

14 July 2016

Huntingdon's use of Cambridgeshire County Council's Public Right of Way Data

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14 July 2016

Evidence based procurement returns £800,000 per annum in Bromley

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25 May 2016

2010 Exemplar Awards case study booklet

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20 May 2016

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) has harmonised the address data it uses in preparation for the FiReControl project.

20 May 2016

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) was been involved in a data capture and migration exercise. This was to align its current gazetteer with the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) in preparation for the FiReControl initiative.

20 May 2016

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council has developed an in-house geographic information (GI) service that has become a business critical product within the company.

20 May 2016

Kent County Council's Highway Services has been using the National Street Gazetteer (NSG) as a base and the Associated Street Data (ASD) as a means to record detailed environmental information.

20 May 2016

Nottingham City carried out an innovative project producing population figures excluding students living in the area. This resulted in more accurate figures and targets and new areas of need being identified.

20 May 2016

Oxford City Council encourages sharing of information across departments, using geographical information systems (GIS) and a rationalised back office regime.

20 May 2016

Accurate incident location in Surrey

Surrey Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) has built a state-of-the-art dynamic mobilisation system. This dramatically speeds up response times to incidents.

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20 May 2016

Northumberland Council - joining up intelligence for improved service delivery

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27 April 2016

Using the UPRN as the key to creating a unified Customer Index

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19 January 2016

Non-Domestic Rates - maintenance and benefits of the data

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19 January 2016

Promoting address and street data within your authority - a 'how to' guide

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19 January 2016

Linking internal systems within your authority - benefits and considerations

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08 December 2015

The address team at Wychavon District Council carried out an extensive data cleansing exercise of the authority address data. Through the improved data quality, the team can support digital transformation by using the validated address data to link up information across the authority to provide a consistent, joined-up view of data.

16 November 2015

Newham has developed an external web application, powered by the UPRN, which has enabled the school admissions team to work more efficiently, accurately and provide more transparency in admissions.

29 October 2015

Case study - GeoPlace supporting authorities

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29 July 2015

Oxford City Council has a significant land holding portfolio, a large percentage of which were not registered with the Land Registry. This case study describes how Oxford has made their register of property holdings electronic and accessible:

29 July 2015

Boundary changes and the introduction of the Individual Elector Registration initiative in 2014 led to significant changes in how the elections function was supported by the Information Management team

29 July 2015

During the Swine Flu epidemic in 2009 Torfaen County Borough Council had an urgent need to identify vulnerable people living in the borough. A system was needed which allowed Emergency Planning, Social Services, and other relevant departments to spatially identify people at risk at short notice.

29 July 2015

Worcestershire County Council One version of the truth

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29 July 2015

Leeds match data to uncover council tax revenue

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17 July 2015

The role of 'place' in improving public services

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17 July 2015

Driving efficiency through improvement and innovation

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17 July 2015

Using local knowledge for national benefit

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17 July 2015

Working together across the public sector

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17 July 2015

Everything happens somewhere

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17 July 2015

Improving efficiency and service delivery

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17 July 2015

Delivering better services to citizens

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17 July 2015

Delivering service improvement through addressing

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