GeoPlace Evaluates Unadopted Roads on Behalf of the Welsh Assembly
Privately maintained, the law on the maintenance and adoption of private roads can be complex. Briefly, an unadopted road is a road or street not maintainable...
Guidance on the law and best practice for the re-naming of streets and buildings
GeoPlace has published comprehensive guidance for local authority Street Naming and Numbering Officers and their co-workers in England and Wales who are respons...
Using UPRNs to support the flow of public health and social care data
The Local Government Association (LGA) and GeoPlace will be working on a collaborative project to discover and promote the use of open UPRNs. We are keen to hig...
Review of SWA code list builds confidence
GeoPlace has undertaken a complete review and rebuild of the SWA code list, using its experience in data management to overcome some inherent challenges. The li...
Central government and the NHS must now use UPRNs and USRNs to unlock the power of place
From 1st July, Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRN) and Unique Street Reference Numbers (USRN), which are the unique numerical identifiers for UK property a...
USRNs underpin new £12 million digital street works project
The Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a new digital service for managing streetworks and providing a single view of a street and what is happening on ...
JAG(UK) appoints Dave Capon as new CEO
JAG(UK) has appointed Dave Capon as its new CEO. Dave will be taking over from Jerry McCo
GeoPlace conference postponed to 13th May 2021
In close dialogue with our partners and Manchester United Football Club, the venue for the conference, we've decided to postpone GeoPlace2020 until 13th May 202...
Durham County Council wins award for excellence
Durham County Council wins GeoPlace's Data Quality and Improvement Award, 2020, for its excellence in managing Street information Durham County Council has bee...
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council wins award for excellence
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council wins GeoPlace's Data Quality and Improvement Award, 2020, for its excellence in managing Address data Bury Metropolitan Borou...
GeoPlace announces 2020 Exemplar Award winners
GeoPlace has announced its 2020 Exemplar Award winners in a well-attended webinar with over 400 registrations, taking the place of the organisation's annual con...
Government investment opens up UPRNs and USRNs for Great Britain
New availability of unique property and street identifiers for better information sharing GeoPlace has worked closely with Ordnance Survey, the Local Governmen...
