Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Updated 6 years ago

The Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017 came into force on 16 April 2017 and require Councils to prepare, maintain and publish registers of previously developed (brownfield) land they consider to be appropriate for housing development by 31 December 2017. The regulations set out the criteria with regard to suitability, availability and achievability that sites have to...

Leeds City Council
Updated 6 years ago

List of all hackney carriage driver (taxi) and private hire (minicab) vehicle licences issued by Leeds City Council. The list can be filtered to identify wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAVs) as per Section 167 of the Equality Act 2010

Posted 6 years ago

Following the announcement that the UK government intends to form a Geospatial Commission, the Cabinet Office are currently exploring how to open up freely the OS MasterMap data to UK-based small businesses in particular. The cross-government team, led by Cabinet Office, are keen to engage with small businesses, startups and other data users who can help provide insight into the challenges...

Newcastle City Council
Added 6 years ago

Newcastle Libraries provide citizens with access to the Internet. On public computers Internet is filtered which means access to some websites is blocked - either because of legal requirements, concerns over the security of the Council IT systems, Council policy or to safeguard vulnerable individuals. This data set lists the categories of websites blocked at a certain date.   Additional information The data...

Data Mill North
Updated 6 years ago

This inventory details the datasets published on Data Mill North. It conforms to specific formats, as defined by the Local Government Association Inventory Schema and this PDF guidance document. The inventory lets people know what is being published and encourages consistent referencing of datasets across participating councils to make it easier to find datasets on the same topic or in the...

Posted 6 years ago

Research released by Deloitte in October this year showed that the release of open data by Transport for London (TfL) is generating annual economic benefits and savings of up to £130m a year. For almost ten years, TfL has been releasing a significant amount of open data, from air quality information to wifi access points, allowing developers and partners to bring...

Posted 6 years ago

Ofcom is the UK’s communications regulator, covering landline and mobile telecoms, broadband, TV, radio, and on-demand services. Their remit is ensuring that people in the UK get the best from their communications services and that markets work to deliver choice, reliability, and innovative services for consumers. They are keen to release more data openly and see what new insight and innovation...

Posted 6 years ago

Using data as the seed in their creative process, Kultur Design produce art, design and visualisation that has the uniqueness and serendipity of the data embedded within it. In this talk, Mike Brondbjerg from Kultur Design will look at how data, in one form or another, connects many of Kultur Design’s projects, and how they’ve visualised data in very different, creative...

Posted 6 years ago

Now we’re over the January blues, let’s get into some proper code. For February, we’re back in the brilliant Strata house, kindly provided by CDL. The inestimable Mike Little will continue his dive into WordPress custom child themes. We’ll also have our usual drop in session, where our friendly mentors can help out with your projects, and get you going when...

Posted 6 years ago

CodeUp Huddersfield is a mentoring program for adults who would like to learn how to code for free. Once a month we provide a workspace for people with no programming skills to come and learn the basics, with mentors available to answer your questions and help you on your way. Our sessions are also suitable for people with basic skills...