Built Up Extents

Notional polygons representing built-up areas, excluding non-built up areas (for example, wooded strips, waterbodies, and roadside land), within the extent of a Built Up Area polygon, derived from a 25m x 25m grid of topographic data, and based on the classification of OS topographic area and land use features.

Built Up Extents attributes

geometry

Polygon geometry for the feature with area in square metres.

• Type: MultiSurfaceWithAreaType

• Multiplicity: [1]

relatedtogsscode

A reference to the GSS code for Built Up Areas provided by ONS and Scottish Government.

• Type: CharacterString

• Multiplicity: [1]

name

The name (including any language alternatives) of the highest classification of settlement that relates to a Built Up Area polygon or, if there are multiple settlements for the same classification, the name of the most significant settlement.

• Type: NameType

• Multiplicity: [1..2]

areahectares

The area of each Built Up Extent polygon in hectares.

• Type: Measure

• Multiplicity: [1]