Article 4 direction area
How to prepare and submit your Article 4 direction area data
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Step 1: Prepare your data
Read the guidance to understand what data is required. Start with the fields you already have, you can update and improve your data over time.
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Step 2: Check your data meets the specifications
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The check service can help you understand if your data is ready to submit or if you need to change anything before you publish it on your website.
You need to choose to provide your data in one of these file formats:
- CSV
- GeoJSON
- GML
- GeoPackage
Alternatively you can provide us with a URL.
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Step 3: Publish your data
Your data must be hosted on a URL the public can access (this is your endpoint URL).
You must link to that URL from a webpage about the data (your documentation URL).
Your documentation URL needs to be on your official planning authority website, usually ending in gov.uk.
It should also include a statement that the data is provided under the Open Government Licence.
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Step 4: Submit your data
Submit your data to the Planning Data Platform. You need to provide your:
- full name
- work email address
- endpoint URL
- website URL
We’ll confirm by email when we’ve received your data.
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Step 5: Update your data
Whenever the data changes, update it on your endpoint URL. We will collect data from your endpoint URL every day.
Your endpoint URL needs to remain the same, don’t change it when you make updates.