2.2

Sources of Information

1. Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)
2. Maps of Electoral Wards to which the Indices of Multiple Deprivation relate;
3. Information on the distribution of Land Uses within the authority.

Click on the 2004 IMD file for your Region to download the file in PDF format

1. obtain a set of the 2007 IMD information for the authority by sending an email order to communities@twoten.com. (General enquiries should be sent to indices.deprivation@communities.gsi.gov.uk);
2. obtain a CD containing the digitised boundaries of the Lower Level Super Output Areas (LLSOAs) within their authority, using the order form obtainable at the following Office for National Statistics website. This website also gives further information about the SOA boundaries.
   Please note that the SOA boundaries are only available as a standard product for the whole of England and Wales, not just for individual authorities.
   If using MapInfo software, authorities should request a midmif file. If using ESRI software (e.g. ARCINFO), authorities should request a shapefile. The order form, with a covering email, should be sent to ons.geography@ons.gov.uk.
3. create a file within their GIS that contains the digitised boundaries of the current electoral wards;
4. overlay the LLSOA boundaries for the authority over the electoral ward boundaries, and assign each of the LLSOAs to the appropriate electoral ward;
5. make appropriate adjustments where LLSOAs are split between electoral wards;
6. add together the IMD scores for the LLSOAs within a ward, and divide the total by the number of LLSOAs.

There is a wide range of sources of information that can assist in planning a NI 195 Survey:

Local Knowledge – local authority staff will, in many cases, be familiar with large parts of their area.

Ordnance Survey Maps – maps at 1:50,000 scale (the ‘Land Ranger’ series) and 1:25,000 scale (the ‘Explorer’ series) show areas of Housing, Industry and Recreation) as well as Main Roads and Rural Roads. They will also show Other Highways such as alleyways and public rights of way.

A to Z Maps – large scale Collins, Phillips and Ordnance Survey Gazetteers may help to identify Commercial, Housing, Industrial and Recreation Areas, as well as Main Roads and Rural Roads.

The Highways Department – should be able to advise on the location of formal lay-bys and the adopted highways network, distinguishing between adopted and private highways. In the case of two-tier administration (County/District), the Highways Department will be located in the County Council. However, many District Councils act as highway maintenance agents on behalf of the County Council for all or part of their Districts. If this is the case, the District Technical Services/Engineering Department should be able to assist.

Definitive Rights of Way Map – are usually held by the Highways Department, and should show all footpaths, bridleways, Byways and Roads Used as Public Paths (or, where the latter have been reviewed, Restricted Byways as referred to in the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, S 47-52).

The Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse (COPL&R) , updated in November 2006, requires all Principal Litter Authorities to prepare a map of its district identifying areas of high, medium and low intensity of activity, and areas with special circumstances. COPL&R (p20ff) links these zones to the standard Land Uses used by the previous Cleanliness Performance Indicator BVPI 199.

Where authorities have prepared this zoning map, for which COPL&R sets a target date of 1 st April 2008, this could provide a source for the mapping required for NI 195.

Development Plans – the Development Plans prepared by the Planning Department are a possible further source of information.