Using The Local Land & Property Gazetteer Using The Local Land & Property Gazetteer

Predominantly Rural with 3 major towns, Goole, Beverley, Bridlington Andrew Lawes Custodian at East Riding of Yorkshire Council Largest Unitary Authority (in area) Andrew Lawes Custodian at East Riding of Yorkshire Council Largest Unitary Authority (in area) Introduction

Commenced in 2000 – using National Street Gazetteer as a basis A Brief History Of Gazetteers 375 authorities to create gazetteers & feed data to national hub Mapping Services Agreement April 2005 to April 2009 contract to provide address data British Standard BS7666, now BS7666:2006

Gazetteer Creation & Maintenance Address Source – Street Naming & Numbering Overview of current & new addressing Critical Factors in Addressing Must be Continuously Maintained Quality Assurance

101 Uses Of A Gazetteer Single Source of Address Data within an Authority Planning Land Charges CRM (Customer Service Centres, call centres, one-stop-shops) Social Services Education Libraries Council Tax Non Domestic Rates GIS Mapping Electoral Register Waste Collection

External Use Of A Gazetteer Data will be used externally Police Fire Ambulance County Councils Royal Mail Co-ordinated Register of Electors Office of National Statistics Planning Portal

Tailpiece Creating a gazetteer is not easy Rollout to other users/departments is even more difficult There are major benefits It has to be done – so do it right!