<h6 id="LicenceConditions-Created:06December2018Updated:07March2022">Created: 06 December 2018 Updated: 07 March 2022</h6>Please check the metadata for the dataset you are downloading.  This will usually state which licence and permissions you need to check before using the data.Open Government LicenceIf the dataset is marked as available to use under an Open Government Licence then you can click on the link within the metadata or check the terms of this licence here: <a class="external-link" data-card-appearance="inline" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/</a> Environment Agency Conditional LicenceIf the data is available for use under an Environment Agency Conditional Licence, then you will need to check which conditions and warnings apply: <a class="external-link" data-card-appearance="inline" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-conditional-licence/environment-agency-conditional-licence" rel="nofollow">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-conditional-licence/environment-agency-conditional-licence</a> Ordnance Survey licenceIf the data is marked as available for use under an Ordnance Survey licence, see <a class="external-link" href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/support/faqs/275874594/275874689" rel="nofollow">Ordnance Survey Licence Conditions</a> for the licence details.Rural Payments Agency Land Parcels, Land Covers and Hedge Control datasetsLicence details for the above datasets are available here: <a class="external-link" href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/support/faqs/275874594/275874662" rel="nofollow">Rural Payments Agency Land Parcels, Land Covers And Hedge Controls Datasets</a>.If no specific licence is named in the metadataWhere no specific licence is named in the metadata, the licence terms can vary as follows:Defra staff, and bodies which are part of the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA)If you are registered on the Defra Data Services Platform as:<ul><li>Defra-body Staff</li><li>PSGA</li></ul>re-use of this dataset is permitted under the Environment Agency Conditional licence:  <a class="external-link" data-card-appearance="inline" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-conditional-licence/environment-agency-conditional-licence" rel="nofollow">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-conditional-licence/environment-agency-conditional-licence</a> Environment Agency partners and contractorsIf you are registered on the Defra Data Services Platform as:<ul><li>WFD/CaBA/IDB partner</li><li>Defra-body contractor</li></ul>and you require the downloaded data to fulfil a contract with the Environment Agency, or if your work supports the achievement of the Environment Agency’s statutory functions, re-use of this dataset is permitted under the Environment Agency Conditional Licence:  <a class="external-link" data-card-appearance="inline" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-conditional-licence/environment-agency-conditional-licence" rel="nofollow">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-conditional-licence/environment-agency-conditional-licence</a> Partners and contractors of other Defra bodiesIf you are registered on the Defra Data Services Platform as:<ul><li>WFD/CaBA/IDB partner</li><li>Defra-body contractor</li></ul>and you require the downloaded data to fulfil a contract with a Defra body other than the Environment Agency, or if your work supports the achievement of this body’s statutory functions, then you must contact them to acquire a licence before the data can be used.Licensing data for contractor use:We are sometimes asked to supply data to contractors of another organisation, such as a water company or a local authority.  We cannot supply data to them, via the DSP or directly. We license the contracting organisation, and they need to sub-license the data to their contractor (any legal risk is borne by the contracting organisation).If you are unsure which licence applies to you, please contact us to <a class="external-link" href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/support/question" rel="nofollow">Ask a Question</a>.

Licence Conditions

<h6 id="OrdnanceSurveyLicenceConditions-Created:05November2019Updated:21October2022">Created: 05 November 2019 Updated: 21 October 2022 </h6>The following Ordnance Survey datasets are available to some registered users on the Defra Data Services Platform:<ul><li>1:25,000 Scale Colour Raster</li><li>1:50,000 Scale Colour Raster</li><li>AddressBase Premium</li><li>Code Point</li><li>Code Point with Polygons</li><li>MasterMap Topography</li><li>MasterMap Water Network</li><li>VectorMap Local</li><li>VectorMap District Backdrop Raster</li><li>VectorMap District Colour Raster</li></ul>If you download any of these datasets from the Data Services Platform, the exact licence for your use of them will vary as follows:Defra-body StaffIf you are registered on the Defra Data Services Platform as Defra-body Staff, your use of the data is covered by the “OS PSGA Licence”. Contact your licensing team for further details.Environment Agency contractors and PartnersIf you are registered on the Defra Data Services Platform as a Defra-body contractor, and you require the data to fulfil a contract with the Environment Agency,OrIf you are registered on the Defra Data Services Platform as a WFD/CaBA/IDB partner, and you require the data for work supports the achievement of the Environment Agency's statutory functions, these conditions apply:Contractor &amp; Co-Deliverer (including sharing OS data)<ol start="1"><li>This Information may only be used by you either in accordance with conditions 2 and 3 or with condition 4 below and in either event in accordance with condition 5 below unless use is limited to use that is authorised by any statute or does not require a licence from us.</li><li>You may use the Information:</li></ol><ul><li>for the purposes of a contract to do work for us, and</li><li>for your internal use only in connection with that contract but this does not prevent you from passing it back to us or (subject to condition 2 below) to a subcontractor who complies with these conditions</li></ul><ol start="3"><li>This condition is applicable to contractor use as a result of the Information containing Ordnance Survey Data:</li></ol><ul><li>You will not supply the Information to any third party (not even to a sub-contractor) unless we expressly and separately authorize this in writing as a variation of your licence.</li><li>The restrictions and obligations in the OS PSGA Licence (see condition 5 below), shall apply to you including where applicable Appendix 3 thereof in relation to any Royal Mail data.</li></ul>4.1. You must only use the Information in a way that we have confirmed in writing to you supports our statutory functions, and4.2. One or more of the following conditions must also be complied with as a result of the Information containing Ordnance Survey Data:<ul><li>you have an Ordnance Survey Public Sector Use, Educational Use or Business Use licence for the same OS Data used and for the area of coverage as the Information and provide us with written confirmation of your eligibility under this paragraph, and/or</li><li>you will use the Information only to enable you to correspond or otherwise interact with us in connection with our environmental functions, and use under this paragraph will be internal only unless both we and Ordnance Survey agree otherwise in writing. You agree that by using the Information under this paragraph you are accepting that the terms of this licence will also act as a click acceptance of a licence with us on the terms set out in the Ordnance Survey PSGA Licence “Public Sector End User Licence” whereby we are the Licensor, you are the End User the “Supplied Data” means the Information, and/or</li><li>you are an emergency service, that is to say a person, body or entity involved in responding immediately to an emergency that is an unforeseen act or event beyond your reasonable control requiring you to respond urgently. You may use the Information only for the purposes of such response and provided that you advise us in writing within a month of the Information and geographical coverage you used, with the date and nature of the emergency and how the Information was needed.</li></ul>5.1. “OS PSGA Licence” means the latest version of the Ordnance Survey Public Sector Geospatial Mapping Agreement Member Licence a copy of which is available on the Ordnance Survey website.5.2. You must destroy all copies of the Information at the end of the contract or period of permitted use subject only to any retentions necessarily required by statute or otherwise by legal obligation or for archive purposes. This must be for the sole purpose of addressing a complaint or challenge from a regulator or the National Audit Office in relation to your use of the Information provided that such continued retention shall not continue beyond termination pursuant to condition 5.3 below5.3. This licence shall terminate on 31/03/2030 or on earlier termination of our arrangement with Ordnance Survey. We will attempt to give you three months’ notice of such termination.5.4. You agree, for the benefit of Ordnance Survey that they shall owe no liability to you whatsoever in relation to the Information.5.5. If you make a supply of the Information to a third party in accordance with these conditions it must be only to a contractor or partner for the same purpose as our supply to you and you must make no charge that exceeds marginal costs of supply unless it is a statutory charge.Partners and contractors of other Defra bodiesIf you are registered on the Defra Data Services Platform as a Defra-body contractor or WFD/CaBA/IDB partner, and you require the downloaded data to fulfil a contract with a Defra body other than the Environment Agency, or if your work supports the achievement of this body’s statutory functions, then you must contact them to acquire a licence before the data can be used.

Ordnance Survey Licence Conditions

<h6 id="RuralPaymentsAgencyLandParcels,LandCoversAndHedgeControlDatasets-Created:02December2019Updated:16March2022">Created: 02 December 2019 Updated: 16 March 2022</h6>If you download the Rural Payments Agency's Land Parcels, Land Covers or Hedge Control dataset from the Defra Data Services Platform, the exact licence for your use of this data will vary as follows: Bodies which are part of the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA)If you are registered on the Defra Data Services Platform as a PSGA user, your use of the data is covered by the Ordnance Survey Public Sector Geospatial Agreement licence. Contact your licensing team for further details.Farmers and agentsIf you are accessing Rural Payments Agency land data from the Defra Data Services Platform as a Farmer or Agent, your use of the data is covered by the Ordnance Survey Public Sector End User Licence (see details when you log into the service).Other usersThe Rural Payments Agency land datasets are not currently available to other users.

Rural Payments Agency Land Parcels, Land Covers And Hedge Control Datasets

<h6 id="UKCentreForEcology&amp;Hydrology(UKCEH)LicenceConditions-Created:18October2021Updated:16May2022">Created: 18 October 2021 Updated: 16 May 2022</h6><h2 id="UKCentreForEcology&amp;Hydrology(UKCEH)LicenceConditions-LicensedData">Licensed Data</h2>The following UKCEH datasets will be made available to some registered users on the Defra Data Services Platform:<div class="table-wrap"><table data-table-width="760" data-layout="default" data-local-id="ec2f598e-6fcc-4120-8912-ab43a755978c" class="confluenceTable"><colgroup><col style="width: 208.0px;"/><col style="width: 550.0px;"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="confluenceTd">Products </td><td class="confluenceTd">Description </td></tr><tr><td class="confluenceTd">LCM1990 vector GB </td><td class="confluenceTd">This updated LCM applied the methods developed for LCM2015 to satellite data for 1990. It uses the same Broad Habitat-based classes as LCM 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019, and uses the spatial framework for LCM2007 onwards. </td></tr><tr><td class="confluenceTd">LCM2000 vector GB </td><td class="confluenceTd">The level 2 vector (standard) data are provided as polygons (land parcels) with each parcel having a list of attributes attached. These include its size, source images, Broad Habitat, Target Class, spectral variant and class probabilities. </td></tr><tr><td class="confluenceTd">LCM2007 vector GB</td><td class="confluenceTd">The vector data are provided as polygons (land parcels) with each parcel having a list of attributes attached. These include its size, source images, Broad Habitat, Target Class, spectral variant and class probabilities. </td></tr><tr><td class="confluenceTd">LCM2015 vector GB    </td><td class="confluenceTd">The vector data are provided as polygons (land parcels) with each parcel having a list of attributes attached. These include its size, source images, Broad Habitat, Target Class, spectral variant and class probabilities. </td></tr><tr><td class="confluenceTd">LCM2017 (land parcels, GB)</td><td class="confluenceTd">The data are provided as polygons (land parcels) with each parcel having a list of attributes attached. These include the dominant UKCEH Land Cover Class given as an integer value, and a range of pixel statistics to help to assess classification confidence and accuracy. </td></tr><tr><td class="confluenceTd">LCM2018 (land parcels, GB)</td><td class="confluenceTd">The data are provided as polygons (land parcels) with each parcel having a list of attributes attached. These include the dominant UKCEH Land Cover Class given as an integer value, and a range of pixel statistics to help to assess classification confidence and accuracy. </td></tr><tr><td class="confluenceTd">LCM2019 (land parcels, GB) </td><td class="confluenceTd">The data are provided as polygons (land parcels) with each parcel having a list of attributes attached. These include the dominant UKCEH Land Cover Class given as an integer value, and a range of pixel statistics to help to assess classification confidence and accuracy. </td></tr><tr><td class="confluenceTd">LCM2020 (land parcels, GB) </td><td class="confluenceTd">The data is provided as polygons (land parcels) with each parcel having a list of attributes attached. These include the dominant UKCEH Land Cover Class given as an integer value, and a range of pixel statistics to help to assess classification confidence and accuracy.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h2 id="UKCentreForEcology&amp;Hydrology(UKCEH)LicenceConditions-LicensingInformation">Licensing Information</h2>If you download any of these datasets from the Data Services Platform, the exact licence for your use of them will vary as follows:<h3 id="UKCentreForEcology&amp;Hydrology(UKCEH)LicenceConditions-Defra-bodyStaff">Defra-body Staff</h3>If you intend to download any of data listed above as a Defra-body Staff member, your use of the data is covered by the “UK Centre For Ecology &amp; Hydrology Licence Agreement”.Please contact your organisation's data acquisition or licensing lead to obtain correct licensing conditions for this data.<h3 id="UKCentreForEcology&amp;Hydrology(UKCEH)LicenceConditions-ContractorsandCo-deliverer">Contractors and Co-deliverer</h3>If you are registered on the Defra Data Services Platform as:<ul><li>a Contractor, and you require the Licensed Data for the purpose of providing goods and services, or to provide a tender to any member of the Defra Group (Defra Group is here deemed to include all 33 agencies and public bodies of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs described here: <a class="external-link" data-card-appearance="inline" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations" rel="nofollow">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations</a> )</li></ul>Or<ul><li>a Co-deliverer, and you require the Licensed Data for purposes all of which support the achievement of any member of the Defra Group’s (Defra Group is here deemed to include all 33 agencies and public bodies of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs described here: <a class="external-link" data-card-appearance="inline" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations" rel="nofollow">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations</a> ) statutory functions and which are Non-Commercial Activities</li></ul>the following terms and conditions will apply.<h3 id="UKCentreForEcology&amp;Hydrology(UKCEH)LicenceConditions-ContractorandCo-delivererlicenceforuseofLandCoverMapdatalicensedfromUKCentreforEcology&amp;Hydrology">Contractor and Co-deliverer licence for use of Land Cover Map data licensed from UK Centre for Ecology &amp; Hydrology</h3><h4 id="UKCentreForEcology&amp;Hydrology(UKCEH)LicenceConditions-3.TheContractor’sandCo-Deliverer’sobligations">3.  The Contractor’s and Co-Deliverer’s obligations</h4>3.1.      The Contractor or Co-Deliverer shall ensure that any Use it makes of the Licensed Data does not cause the terms and conditions of the Principal Licence to be breached.3.2.      The Contractor or Co-Deliverer shall ensure that any Use it makes of the Licensed Data is restricted to those uses which the Licensor itself is permitted under the Principal Licence. 3.3.      The Contractor or Co-Deliverer will not supply, publish or otherwise make available the Licensed Data to any third parties. 3.4.      The Contractor or Co-Deliverer shall ensure that the Licensed Data and or Derived Data are destroyed or returned to the Licensor on or before the end of the Term specified in Part C below.3.5.      The Contractor or Co-Deliver shall ensure that the Licensed Data (and copies or derivations thereof) are stored in such a way that they can be accessed and used only in accordance with the terms of this Contractor and Co-Deliverer Licence.3.6.      The Contractor or Co-Deliverer must notify the Licensor as soon as reasonably practicable if it becomes aware of any unauthorised use of or access to the Licensed Data or any of its contents and must at its own cost and expense provide all reasonable assistance to the Licensor in the pursuit of any remedy in relation to any such unauthorised use.<h4 id="UKCentreForEcology&amp;Hydrology(UKCEH)LicenceConditions-5.Intellectualpropertyrightsandpublication">5.         Intellectual property rights and publication</h4>5.1.      Nothing in this Contractor and Co-Deliverer Licence will affect the ownership of any Intellectual Property Rights in the Licensed Data or any of its contents.5.2.      The Contractor or Co-Deliverer will not display, distribute, communicate or otherwise make available to the public or to any third party in any form or by any means any statement or publication (including, without limitation, any report, presentation, or poster) in connection with the Licensed Data or any part thereof or any Derived Data, which is likely to bring the UK Centre for Ecology &amp; Hydrology or any of its third party licensors into disrepute or to damage the goodwill of the UK Centre for Ecology &amp; Hydrology or any third party licensors.<h4 id="UKCentreForEcology&amp;Hydrology(UKCEH)LicenceConditions-6.Termination">6.         Termination</h4>6.1.      This Contractor and Co-Deliverer Licence will automatically terminate if the Principal Licence between the UK Centre for Ecology &amp; Hydrology and the Licensor, is terminated or expires. 6.2.      On termination of the Contractor Licence, the Contractor or Co-Deliverer must destroy all copies of the Licensed Data or Derived Data.  As an exception to this obligation, the Contractor or Co-Deliverer may retain one archive copy of the Licensed Data or Derived Data solely for the purpose of documenting the goods and services delivered to the Licensor, to answer technical support questions or to comply with any statutory or regulatory requirement.6.3.      Each Contractor or Co-Deliverer will remain responsible and primarily liable to the Licensor for their acts and omissions.6.4.      The Licensor may terminate this Contractor and Co-Deliverer Licence with immediate effect (or such notice as the Licensor may specify) by giving written notice to the Licensee.<h2 id="UKCentreForEcology&amp;Hydrology(UKCEH)LicenceConditions-UsageInformation">Usage Information</h2>In addition, as licensees of UKCEH Land Cover Map data, the Defra Data Access Team are obliged to record the usage information for this dataset and provide this information to UKCEH when requested.Usage information required includes:<ul><li>name, email address and employer of the individual requesting UKCEH Land Cover Map data</li><li>names and descriptions of all known and anticipated projects that the Licensed Data will be used for;</li><li>a description of Derived Data that is expected to be created and published</li></ul>Data Access Team will capture usage information and feedback from users and/or make direct contact to ask for further information related to any particular use made of the Licensed Data.Please see the <a class="external-link" href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/support/faqs/275811163" rel="nofollow">Defra Data Services Platform (DSP) Privacy Notice</a> for details on how personal data is collected at used.Please contact the Data Access Team [gi-office@defra.gov.uk] if you would like more information.

UK Centre For Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) Licence Conditions

<h6 id="WhatAreTheOSMastermapLicenceDetails?-Created:17March2021Updated:11November2022">Created: 17 March 2021 Updated: 11 November 2022</h6>The OS Mastermap licence details are as follows: © Environment Agency [year]. All rights reserved. © Crown copyright and database rights [year] AC0000807064

What Are The OS Mastermap Licence Details?

<h6 id="WhichLicencesApplyToTheDatasets?-Created:26July2018Updated:18October2021">Created: 26 July 2018 Updated: 18 October 2021</h6> Licence information is displayed within each dataset's metadata record.  Most of the datasets are issued under an Open Government Licence (OGL) or under a Conditional Licence.<img class="confluence-embedded-image image-left" alt="Licence_image_DGU_.jpg" width="340" loading="lazy" src="https://dsp-support.atlassian.net/wiki/download/thumbnails/275874773/Licence_image_DGU_.jpg?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1714751494744&amp;cacheVersion=1&amp;api=v2&amp;width=340&amp;height=246" data-image-src="https://dsp-support.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/275874773/Licence_image_DGU_.jpg?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1714751494744&amp;cacheVersion=1&amp;api=v2" data-height="511" data-width="705" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="275874808" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="Licence_image_DGU_.jpg" data-base-url="https://dsp-support.atlassian.net/wiki" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/jpeg" data-linked-resource-container-id="275874773" data-linked-resource-container-version="3" data-media-id="476aab84-3695-4fcf-a6eb-1101cf53352b" data-media-type="file" srcset="https://dsp-support.atlassian.net/wiki/download/thumbnails/275874773/Licence_image_DGU_.jpg?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1714751494744&amp;cacheVersion=1&amp;api=v2&amp;width=680&amp;height=492 2x, https://dsp-support.atlassian.net/wiki/download/thumbnails/275874773/Licence_image_DGU_.jpg?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1714751494744&amp;cacheVersion=1&amp;api=v2&amp;width=340&amp;height=246 1x">See here for details of the <a class="external-link" href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/support/faqs/275874594" rel="nofollow">Licence Conditions</a>.If you are unsure which licence applies to you, please contact us to <a class="external-link" href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/support/question" rel="nofollow">Ask a Question</a>.

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What Are The OS Mastermap Licence Details?

Created: 17 March 2021 Updated: 11 November 2022