GeoPlace

GeoPlace is a public sector limited liability partnership between the Local Government Association and Ordnance Survey. Its vision is to be the recognised centre of excellence for spatial address and street information management in Great Britain.

GeoPlace's role is to create and maintain the National Address Gazetteer Database and the National Street Gazetteer Database for England and Wales, providing definitive sources of publicly-owned spatial address and street data.

Services for Authority Street Custodians

GeoPlace manages the NSG hub and provides a range of services to Authority Street Custodians who are responsible for capturing and maintaining street change intelligence. This section contains dedicated resources for Authority Street Custodians.

GeoPlace takes over rationalistion of Streetworks codes

From 1 April 2011, GeoPlace has taken over responsibility for the administration, maintenance, allocation and hosting of the Streetworks Data Capture Code List. This is a database, formerly hosted by the Department for Transport (DfT) that holds codes and tables used in the Electronic Transfer of Notices (EToN) for organisations, known as statutory undertakers, which have a statutory duty under the New Roads and Street Works Act (NRSWA) to dig in the road.

New Street Works Management Permit Schemes

Controlling and coordinating road and street works in order to cut traffic disruption and reduce inconvenience to the public is a modern challenge that has occupied government for many years. In 2004 the Traffic Management Act (TMA) was introduced...

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