Mapping software and OS data for the council that runs your high street.
A licensed, modern Ordnance Survey route for parish, town, community and principal councils - hosted maps, public-facing viewers, asset registers and custom GIS apps, built on authoritative OS data and ready to integrate with your existing systems.
Two routes, depending on whether you're inside the PSGA.
The Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA) gives principal local authorities free access to OS Premium data. Parish, town and community councils sit outside it - and need a properly licensed commercial route. We support both.
Parish & town councils
Outside the PSGA - commercial licensing.
Parish, town and community councils, neighbourhood forums and BIDs don't have free PSGA access. We license OS data to you under a clean, affordable commercial agreement - or we host it for you so you never touch the licence.
Authoritative basemaps without per-tile costs
Hosted parish map with public-facing pages
Asset, allotment and footpath registers
Neighbourhood plan evidence base
Pricing scoped to parish size, not enterprise tiers
Principal local authorities
Inside the PSGA - we extend what you already have.
You already get OS Premium under the PSGA. We don't resell what you've got - we deliver the things the PSGA doesn't: hosted applications, public-facing map services, vector tile pipelines, custom integrations, training and supplementary licensed datasets.
Hosted vector tiles & map APIs for council systems
GIS resourcing and software delivery without procurement drag
// WHAT YOU GET
Mapping software, ready to use - not another GIS project.
Pre-built, hosted council mapping applications running on licensed OS data. We deploy, you brand, your residents and officers use it.
Public parish map
A branded, public-facing map of your parish boundary, footpaths, allotments, play areas and points of interest. Embeddable in your existing website, mobile-friendly, accessible.
Asset register dashboard
Track street furniture, signs, benches, bins, lighting, defibs and trees against authoritative OS basemaps - with photos, inspection dates and condition scoring. Officer-only or shared with contractors.
Planning consultation viewer
Consultation responses and neighbourhood plan evidence on an OS basemap with parish boundary, listed buildings, conservation areas and TPOs. Sharable with residents and statutory consultees.
Public rights of way & footpaths
A modern PROW viewer with definitive map references, condition reporting and an issue-flagging form for residents - useful for parish councils maintaining permissive paths and circular routes.
Allotments, trees & biodiversity
Allotment plot registers with tenancy status, tree inventories with species and inspection cycles, and biodiversity layers for parish-level net-gain reporting.
Custom builds & APIs
Bigger ask? We build bespoke council mapping apps end-to-end - data ingest, hosted vector tiles on Cloudflare R2, Postgres-backed registers, single sign-on and integrations with your existing systems.
// THE OS DATA UNDERNEATH
The datasets that actually matter for council mapping.
You don't need everything OS publishes. These are the layers we deploy into nearly every parish and council mapping project.
Three ways to consume - whichever fits your council.
1. Hosted application
We host the map, the data and the app. You get a URL (or an embed) and a login. No GIS team, no servers, no licence paperwork on your side - we handle the OS partnership.
Best for: parish & town councils.
2. Hosted API / vector tiles
We run an API endpoint and tile server on Cloudflare with licensed OS data attributed correctly. Your existing council website, intranet or CRM consumes it directly.
Best for: principal authorities & tech-led parishes.
3. Custom build
A bespoke council mapping product - your branding, your workflow, your integrations - built and maintained by us. Phased delivery against an agreed scope and budget.
Best for: councils replacing legacy GIS.
// LICENSING, EXPLAINED
How OS data licensing works for councils.
If you're a principal local authority
You're inside the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA) and already have access to OS Premium data through the PSMA / OS data hub. We don't resell that. What we deliver is the layer above: hosting, applications, public-facing services and supplementary licensed datasets - either consuming your PSGA entitlement or under our partner licence where the use case sits outside it.
If you're a parish, town or community council
You're not a PSGA member. Using OS MasterMap, AddressBase or detailed topography in a public-facing parish map - even an embedded basemap - needs a commercial licence. We hold that licence as an OS Partner, so you consume the finished product under our terms rather than negotiating directly with OS.
// FAQ
Common questions from parish clerks & council GIS leads.
We're a parish council with a few hundred residents - is this affordable for us?
Yes. We scope pricing to the size of the council and the audience for the map (public vs internal). Parish-tier hosted applications start an order of magnitude below enterprise GIS pricing because we license once and deploy efficiently on Cloudflare-backed infrastructure.
Can't we just embed Google Maps or OpenStreetMap for free?
You can - but Google Maps lacks parish boundaries, footpaths and authoritative property polygons; and OSM coverage of UK addressing and rights of way is patchy. For anything that touches planning, consultations, asset records or definitive maps, OS data is the only appropriate basis. We exist because the licensing route was historically painful for small councils.
Do principal authorities need this if they already have PSGA access?
PSGA gives you the data. It does not give you applications, hosted public-facing services, vector tile infrastructure, integrations or staff. That's where we plug in - either consuming your PSGA entitlement or operating under our partner licence where it makes more sense.
Can residents use the public-facing map without logging in?
Yes. Public viewers are anonymous by default. Officer dashboards (asset registers, condition scoring, edits) sit behind authentication - we support email magic-links or your existing single sign-on.
Does the map work on phones?
Yes - all our council mapping deliveries are mobile-first. Residents typically open the parish map from a phone after seeing a QR code on a notice board or a link on Facebook.
Who looks after the data when it changes?
OS publishes refreshed national datasets every six weeks and AddressBase weekly. We pull those in automatically. For council-specific layers (assets, allotments, footpaths) we give you an editor in the dashboard or accept feed updates from your existing system.
Will the council own the data we add?
Yes. Council-contributed data (your asset registers, photos, inspection records, consultation responses) belongs to the council. The OS basemap underneath it is licensed under our partner agreement for the term of the engagement.
How do we get started?
Submit the form below or email data@planningmapsuk.co.uk with a one-line description of what you want the map to do. We'll book a 30-minute call, share a demo of the closest reference deployment, and come back with a written proposal and indicative pricing within a UK working day.
// REQUEST A QUOTE
Bring a parish or council mapping project to us.
Tell us roughly what you need - parish size, audience (public vs officer), and the layers you'd want on the map. We'll come back with a delivery option, demo and indicative pricing within one UK working day.
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