MSA community

NLPG for the MSA community

fire services use crane to tackle high rise fireAll councils in England and Wales now contribute data to the NLPG and NSG, as part of the IDeA’s Mapping Services Agreement, forming perhaps the largest shared service in local government. At the local level, many local authority business areas are now realising both tangible and intangible benefits from the use of the gazetteers, and the last year has shown that these benefits are now being extended into partner organisations such as the emergency services through access to the gazetteers via a centrally managed service.

The ground breaking successes of the Mapping Services Agreement, the NLPG and the NSG demonstrate how authorities can deliver better services to citizens and save money by underpinning business and service transformation. This is at the heart of transformational government - changing the way local authorities work to suit their customers.

Underpinning Transformational Government - case study booklet now available

2009 NLPG NSG Exemplar Award book coverThe NLPG NSG Exemplar Awards highlight and celebrate how the NLPG and NSG initiatives deliver better services to citizens and save money. This 72 page booklet describes the 2009 Exemplar Awards winners’ and runners-up projects...

Examples include:

  • AXESS West Sussex Partnership has saved £18,500 per annum through rationalised back office systems and a further £13,000 capital costs savings through joint procurement
  • Chorley Borough Council, enabled by an accurate address list from the NLPG, has identified additional income of more than £16,000 by identifying properties not on the Council Tax register.
  • Through analyzing and rationalising its home to school transport, East Riding of Yorkshire Council has made an initial saving of £315,000 per annum, which will rise as the remaining schools undergo the re-routing and re-tendering process
  • Blackpool Council has replaced its manual paper based systems for tracking public requests for traffic and highway schemes, resulting in dramatic increases in efficiency and an estimated saving of £30,000 per annum. Its improved forward highways maintenance plans has resulted in approximately 10-20% less waste equivalent to £250,000 per annum
If you would like a hard copies of the booklet, please contact ggander@intelligent-addressing.co.uk

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Participating authorities

All MSA Participating Authorities across England and Wales have access to the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG). The Participating Authorities include:

  • all local authorities at county, district and unitary level
  • fire authorities
  • police authorities
  • national park authorities and conservation boards
  • passenger transport authorities.
Signatories of the Mapping Service Agreement (MSA) can order NLPG data using the Gazetteers Services Order form. Please read How to order NLPG data in the Support Services section of the library, this provides information on obtaining and completing the Gazetteers Services Order form. The form must be signed and dated by your Authority Liaison Officer (ALO).

NLPG Exemplar Awards

The NLPG Exemplar Awards demonstrate that accurate and reliable location information is at the heart of delivering the government's Transformational Government agenda.

The winners of the awards are a prime example of where shared information is used to make a real difference.
Case studies on how these authorities are using the NLPG can be seen in the Library.