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Land and Building

by Local Government Association (LGA)

The Local Government Transparency Code requires that local authorities publish details of all their fixed (land and building) assets. This includes all properties owned or used by local government, including those where contractual work takes place, public parking facilities, and social housing.

Assessment

  • Open License Yes

  • Transferable to Other Jurisdictions No

    Fields require unique codes specific to British property ownership

  • Stakeholder Participation Yes

    The Local Government Association consists of local government officials who collaborate to develop best practices for local authorities, the would-be stakeholders.

  • Consensus-Based Governance No

    Although schemas and documentation are held on GitHub, changes can only be decided by the LGA

  • Extensions No

    The schema contains many optional fields, but additional fields are not supported.

  • Human Readable Yes

    CSV template has readable headers

  • Machine Readable Yes

    CSV format required

  • Requires Up-To-Date / Real-Time Data No

    Asset reporting typically happens annually

  • Metadata No

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