GeoPlace announces Winners of the 2025 Improvement Awards for Address and Street Data

These awards honour local authorities that have achieved the greatest progress in enhancing quality and reliability of their address and street data – a critical foundation for local service delivery, infrastructure planning and national data integration.

Improvement Award for Addresses

The 2025 Improvement Award for Addresses has been presented to Tewkesbury Borough Council. Over the past 15 months, the team has demonstrated exceptional commitment to data quality, making substantial improvements across almost every element of the authority’s Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG).

By focusing on key areas such as Data Matching, Priority Errors and Residential Classifications, Tewkesbury has not only improved the technical quality of its data but also enhanced its practical value for internal teams and national users alike. The improvements ensure that address data is more accurate, current, and ready to support smarter decisions across local government.

Improvement Award for Streets

Somerset Council is the 2025 winner of the Improvement Award for Streets, in recognition of its transformative work on the Local Street Gazetteer (LSG). The authority addressed a significant number of Street Life Cycle errors – a critical aspect of street data management – while simultaneously implementing sustainable process changes to ensure that new errors do not arise.

By embedding these improvements into everyday workflows, Somerset has raised the overall quality and consistency of its street data, supporting better coordination of streetworks, improved public services, and a more resilient digital infrastructure.

Celebrating Impact at the GeoPlace Annual Conference

Both awards were presented on 22nd May 2025, at the GeoPlace Annual Conference in London, attended by over 400 street and address data professionals from across the UK.

Nick Chapallaz, Managing Director of GeoPlace, commented:

“Improvement is more than a metric – it’s a mindset. What we’ve seen this year from Tewkesbury and Somerset is nothing short of inspirational. They’ve not only lifted the standard of their data, but set a benchmark for what determined, forward-thinking local authorities can achieve. These awards recognise the teams behind the scenes who are raising the bar for the whole community.”

In addition:

• 189 authorities were recognised as Platinum Award winners, having maintained the highest standard in meeting address data improvement schedule criteria between April 2024 and March 2025. 99 were recognised as Platinum award winners for the same criteria with street data.  
• 31 authorities were recognised as Gold award winners address data; 35 authorities were recognised as Gold award winners for the same criteria in street data - these awards reflect an across the board achievement worthy of commendation.

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About GeoPlace

GeoPlace LLP is a public sector limited liability partnership between the Local Government Association (LGA) and Ordnance Survey.

GeoPlace is a world class expert in address and street information management, working internationally as well as in the UK to help our partners and customers maximise the value of their spatial information for better decision making.

GeoPlace maintains a national infrastructure that supports the address and street information needs of the public and private sectors. Its work relies heavily on close working relationships with every local authority in England and Wales.  

This relationship has been developed over 15 years, to build the National Address Gazetteer infrastructure and National Street Gazetteer. Ordnance Survey develops the range of AddressBase products from the National Address Gazetteer and OS MasterMap Highways Network from the NSG. Both datasets underpin efficient and effective services, bringing direct service delivery benefits to users.

The Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) and the Unique Street Reference Number (USRN) are the unique identifiers for every addressable location and street in Great Britain. They are created by local authorities who have the statutory authority to name and number every street and property and Ordnance Survey who identify objects on the landscape which may otherwise not attract an address.

These unique reference numbers link datasets together and share information with other organisations who also use them. They provide a comprehensive, complete and consistent identifier throughout a property's life cycle â from planning permission or street naming through to demolition.