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Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN)
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Local Authority data is held by an upper-tier (U) or lower-tier (L) authority in two-tier areas
Address
Registered Social Landlord
Local Authority (L) - LLPG
Utility companies
Local Authority (L) - Environmental Health
Local Authority (L) - Council Tax
Local Authority (L) - Electoral Register
NHS - Community Trust
NHS - Acute Trust
NHS - GP
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A unique lifelong identifier for any addressable location, which remains consistent throughout the property’s lifecycle from planning application to demolition. A parent/child structure allows for a “parent” UPRN for an overall building and separate “child” UPRNs for units in that building – flats, office units etc. Every UPRN is classified according to a detailed classification scheme, which distinguishes (for example) residential property from commercial property and sheltered accommodation from care/nursing homes.
The UPRN is a priority dataset for almost every use case, as it's the one piece of information that (in theory) can remain consistent across any record held by any organisation.
The UPRN is included in the MODS and ASC-CoRe data standards, and will be included in release 3 of the PRSB Core Information Standard.
