Guides
How to check a place properly with official UK open data: what each dataset says, what it leaves out and when you need a professional.
- How to Check Flood Risk for a Property in EnglandFlood zones, 2025 national flood risk data, reservoir maps, groundwater and Flood Re: what each shows for a home in England and when to get a specialist. · 9 min read
- Planning Constraints to Check Before You Buy Land or a BuildingListed buildings, conservation areas, Article 4, tree orders, green belt, flood zones and nature sites: what each means in England and how to check for it. · 8 min read
- Crime, Deprivation and House Prices Around a PostcodeHow to read police.uk crime data, the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Land Registry Price Paid Data and Census 2021 for the area around a postcode. · 7 min read
- How to Size a Store Catchment With Open DataWalk and drive time catchments, Census 2021 residents and cars, ONS household income and rival shops from OpenStreetMap, with three real example runs. · 6 min read
- Where Should Public EV Chargers Go?Find streets where homes lack driveways, chargers are scarce and traffic passes, from Census 2021, DfT data and OpenStreetMap, and what desk work misses. · 7 min read
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