FOI release

Unique Property Reference Numbers and addresses

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Case reference FOI2024/01547

Received 11 September 2024

Published 2 October 2024

Request

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to request a list of all residential and commercial addresses within your jurisdiction along with the Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) associated with each address.

 

Specifically, I would appreciate it if this data could be provided in an Excel or similar spreadsheet format where:

 

  *   Column 1 contains a list of all addresses, including postcodes.

  *   Column 2 contains the UPRN corresponding to each address.

 

Response

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to request a list of all residential and commercial addresses within your jurisdiction along with the Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) associated with each address.

 

Specifically, I would appreciate it if this data could be provided in an Excel or similar spreadsheet format where:

 

  *   Column 1 contains a list of all addresses, including postcodes.

  *   Column 2 contains the UPRN corresponding to each address.

 

A: The local authority maintains address data on behalf of a national governing body, where this is subject to third party copyright. 

 

To adhere to the data usage parameters set by the governing body GeoPlace, Herefordshire Council cannot release information under a license agreement. The address data can be obtained through Ordnance Survey, where the data could be purchased and managed under the appropriate licence.

 

Please note that the UPRN are available for free use via the following link: https://osdatahub.os.uk/downloads/open/OpenUPRN#:~:text=An%20open%20dataset%20containing%20all,National%20Grid%20and%20Latitude%2C%20Longitude.

 

As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is available to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.

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