Other Classification

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.

Related component attributes

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.

otherclassificationid

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

uprn

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

featuretypeversiondate

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

classificationcode

Alphanumeric code used to classify the object using the AddressBase Classification Scheme, which is available to download from the AddressBase Product Support page of the OS website.

• Data Types: String (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: false

• Max Length: 6

• OS Select+Build Filterable: No

• Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0

classificationdescription

Description of the classification code as defined in the AddressBase Classification Scheme, which is available to download from the AddressBase Product Support page of the OS website.

• Data Types: String (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: true

• Max Length: 230

• OS Select+Build Filterable: No

• Data Schema Version: 1.0, 2.0

classificationscheme

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

schemeversion

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

updatedate

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