Other Classification
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The Other Classification Related Component provides additional classification data beyond that held by Local Authorities for an address record. This data type contains VOA Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rate classification information in the form of Special Category Codes (SCAT) and Primary Description codes where VOA information has been matched to a Local Authority address. Note that VOA classifications are only available for England and Wales.
The following table provides details about this related component’s data schema versions, including the reasons behind the changes and the related launch date when each version went live.
2.0
28 March 2023
Ongoing
Major version increment to align with concurrent major version increments made to four feature types in the GB Address and Islands Address Collections: Built Address, Historic Address, Non-Addressable Object, and Pre-Build Address. (Related components follow the versioning of the addressing feature types they are associated with.)
1.0
02 November 2022
Ongoing
Initial launch of the Other Address Related Component.
Please see for in-depth information about data schema versioning in the OS NGD.
Temporal filtering allows you to order a one-off snapshot of data from the OS NGD from a current or past date. It is an optional step when you create a new data package in OS Select+Build (the OS NGD download service).
The earliest and latest dates on which you can request a one-off snapshot of a date in the past for this related component's data schema versions are indicated in the above. Please note that any data temporally filtered earlier than the specified launch date indicated in the table for the data schema versions may contain data inconsistencies.
More information about temporal filtering is available from the .
The following sub-sections provide details about the attributes included with this related component, their data types in the different output formats, and other important metadata about them.
Primary Key providing a unique row identifier assigned to enable indexing for efficient querying.
Data Types: String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Max Length: 36
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) assigned by a local custodian or Ordnance Survey as a persistent identifier.
Data Types: Integer (GPKG), Integer (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
Date of the feature version to which this related entity applies.
Data Types: Date (GPKG), Date (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
Data Types: String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Max Length: 6
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
Data Types: String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Max Length: 230
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
Name of the classification schema.
Data Types: String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Max Length: 60
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
Version of the classification schema.
Data Types: String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Max Length: 60
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
The date on which any attribute of the Record was last changed.
Data Types: Date (GPKG), Date (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0
Alphanumeric code used to classify the object using the AddressBase Classification Scheme, which is available to download from the .
Description of the classification code as defined in the AddressBase Classification Scheme, which is available to download from the .