Dorset Council

Article 4 direction

How to prepare and submit your Article 4 direction data

• 1: Prepare your data

  We have found 8 conservation areas in your boundary from other sources.

  Review the records to:

  • check if the data from alternative sources is correct
  • download the data to add it to your dataset
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• 2: Check your data meets the specifications

  The check tool 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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• 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 webpage URL).

  Your webpage 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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• 4: Submit your data

  Submit your data to the planning data platform using this form. You will need to supply your endpoint URL and your webpage URL.

  We’ll process your submission and add your dataset to the planning data platform.

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• 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.