A practitioner’s guide to publishing land and building assets and parking information - Local Government Transparency Code 2015

Aug 31, 2026

Guidance for local authorities on publishing open data required by the Local Government Transparency Code 2015, with emphasis on land and social housing assets and parking accounts and spaces. It explains mandatory and recommended expectations, supports meaningful and consistent publication practices, and helps authorities plan for ongoing updates. The guide details what land and building asset information to disclose, how to structure registers and location data, how to process and publish datasets, and key considerations such as data protection, licensing, exclusions, and spatial data registration to INSPIRE standards.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryPresentations

FormatDOCX

Pages44

Reading Time15 min

AccessFree to download

Version history

Introduction

Local authority land

Scope for publishing local authority land

What land and building assets should be published

Contents of the land asset register

How to process and publish the data

Social housing asset value

Parking information

Contents of the parking data

Annex I: templates

Land and building asset data template

Social Housing Asset Value Template

Parking template

Annex II: Published examples

Local transparency guidance – publishing land and social housing asset and parking information 5 June 2015 Version 1.4 A practitioner’s guide to publishing information about land and building assets and parking accounts and spaces in accordance with the local government transparency code 2015 Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u HYPERLINK \l "_Toc421280166" Contents PAGEREF _Toc421280166 \h 2 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc421280167" Version history PAGEREF _Toc421280167 \h 2 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc421280168" Introduction PAGEREF _Toc421280168 \h 3 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc421280169" Local authority land PAGEREF _Toc421280169 \h 5 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc421280170" Scope for publishing local authority land PAGEREF _Toc421280170 \h 5 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc421280171" What land and building assets should be published PAGEREF _Toc421280171 \h 6 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc421280172" Contents of the land asset register PAGEREF _Toc421280172 \h 7 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc421280173" How to process and publish the data PAGEREF _Toc421280173 \h 13 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc421280174" Social housing asset value PAGEREF _Toc421280174 \h 17 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc421280175" Parking information PAGEREF _Toc421280175 \h 22 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc421280176" Contents of the parking data PAGEREF _Toc421280176 \h 23 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc421280177" Annex I: templates PAGEREF _Toc421280177 \h 25 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc421280178" Land and building asset data template PAGEREF _Toc421280178 \h 25 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc421280179" Social Housing Asset Value Template PAGEREF _Toc421280179 \h 33 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc421280180" Parking template PAGEREF _Toc421280180 \h 39 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc421280181" Annex II: Published examples PAGEREF _Toc421280181 \h 43 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc421280182" Local authority land PAGEREF _Toc421280182 \h 43 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc421280183" Car Parking PAGEREF _Toc421280183 \h 43 Version history Introduction The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) issued a revised Transparency Code in February 2015, which specifies what open data local authorities must publish. The Code also recommends that local authorities go further than its requirements and publish additional datasets and provide more detail on these. The Local Authorities (Data Transparency) Code 2015 is published, alongside a frequently asked questions document, on HYPERLINK "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-government-transparency-code-2015" https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-government-transparency-code-2015 . To support local authorities in understanding and implementing the Code and to help them publish the data in a meaningful and consistent way, the Local Government Association (LGA) has produced this set of revised guidance. The guidance provides more detail on both the mandatory and recommended elements of the Code. It should be read in conjunction with the Code and the associated frequently asked questions document. The guidance offers practical help and advice, both to meet the immediate targets of publishing data, and to adopt consistent approaches that will add value for local people and public services to use the data over the longer term. This approach will enable authorities to be able to compile and compare data from different authorities and departments. This document provides local authorities with practical guidance on how to publish information related to land and social housing assets and parking accounts and parking spaces There are three further guides, two of which cover other specific requirements of the Code, and one that provides general guidance applicable to all elements of the Code. The other guidance documents are published separately as: Publishing data processing data for publication data access, reuse and exemptions fraud prevention licensing your data converting data to open standards metadata, inventories and data registration public

FAQs

What does the Local Government Transparency Code 2015 require for land and building assets?

Local authorities must publish details of each land and building asset at least annually, with preference for more frequent updates when the register changes.

What types of data should be included when publishing local authority land?

The guide covers what land and building asset data to publish, including how to add location information, plus considerations like data protection, licensing, exclusions, and other requirements.

How should authorities handle parking information for transparency publication?

Authorities should publish parking accounts and parking spaces information, including the contents of the parking data and how to structure it for consistent, reusable publication.

Aug 31, 2026

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