Delivery Point Addresses (DPA) are addresses sourced from Royal Mail data and consist of addresses to which post can be delivered. As such, all residential properties and most commercial properties are included in this dataset.
| Key | Description | Format | Size | Multiplicity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPRN | The Unique Property Reference Number. For addresses in Northern Ireland, an empty string is returned. | integer | 12 | 1 |
| UDPRN | Royal Mail's Unique Delivery Point Reference Number. | integer | 8 | 1 |
| ADDRESS | String containing the concatenated address. | char | 472 | 1 |
| PO_BOX_NUMBER | Post Office Box (PO Box®) number. | char | 6 | 0..1 |
| ORGANISATION_NAME | The organisation name is the business name given to a delivery point within a building or small group of buildings. This field could also include entries for churches, public houses and libraries. | char | 60 | 0..1 |
| DEPARTMENT_NAME | In a few organisations, department name is indicated because mail is received by subdivisions of the main organisation at distinct delivery points. | char | 60 | 0..1 |
| SUB_BUILDING_NAME | The sub-building name and/or number are identifiers for subdivision of properties. | char | 30 | 0..1 |
| BUILDING_NAME | The building name is a description applied to a single building or a small group of buildings. | char | 50 | 0..1 |
| BUILDING_NUMBER | The building number, or postal number, is a number given to a single building or a small group of buildings. | integer | 4 | 0..1 |
| DEPENDENT_THOROUGHFARE_NAME | In certain places, for example, town centres, there are named thoroughfares within other named thoroughfares. | char | 80 | 0..1 |
| THOROUGHFARE_NAME | A road, track or named access route on which there are Royal Mail delivery points. | char | 80 | 0..1 |
| DOUBLE_DEPENDENT_LOCALITY | To distinguish between similar or same thoroughfares within a dependent locality. | char | 35 | 0..1 |
| DEPENDENT_LOCALITY | Dependent locality areas may define an area within a post town. | char | 35 | 0..1 |
| POST_TOWN | The town or city in which the Royal Mail sorting office is located. | char | 30 | 1 |
| POSTCODE | A postcode is an abbreviated form of address made up of combinations of between five and seven alphanumeric characters. | char | 8 | 1 |
| RPC | Representative Point Code: this describes the accuracy of the coordinate that has been allocated to the BLPU. See code list: RPC_CODE in AddressBase Premium Technical Specification. | char | 1 | 1 |
| X_COORDINATE | Easting coordinates in metres, defining the location in the British National Grid spatial reference system. | float | 6 (2) | 1 |
| Y_COORDINATE | Northing coordinates in metres, defining the location in the British National Grid spatial reference system. | float | 7 (2) | 1 |
| LNG | Longitude coordinate, defined based on the requested projection. | float | 9 | 0..1 |
| LAT | Latitude coordinate, defined based on the requested projection. | float | 9 | 0..1 |
| STATUS | The status of the feature (i.e. APPROVED, ALTERNATIVE, PROVISIONAL, HISTORICAL). The AddressBase Premium product uses codes of 1,3,6,8 for these however the Address API will provide the text interpretation above. | char | 11 | 1 |
| MATCH (Conditional) - Only returned for find and match resources | The match score for the query against the returned address from 0 to 1. Resources other than Find and Match will return a fixed value of 1.0. | float | 1 (1) | 0..1 |
| MATCH_DESCRIPTION (Conditional) - Only returned for find and match resources | The description of the match. Exact: 1.0 (note: extra information in the input address that doesn’t match the ABPREM version is ignored). Good: 0.8 – 0.9 (most of the address matches, but a part of it may be different, such as a different postcode). Partial: 0.7 (address could represent the same address but has some significant differences). No Match: <0.7. Resources other than Find and Match will return a fixed value of "Exact". | char | 8 | 0..1 |
| LANGUAGE | A code identifying the language in use for the record. | char | 2 | 1 |
| LOCAL_CUSTODIAN_CODE | Unique identifier of the Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG) Custodian responsible for the maintenance of this record. See the code list here. | integer | 4 | 1 |
| LOCAL_CUSTODIAN_CODE_DESCRIPTION | Description of the Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG) Custodian responsible for the maintenance of this record. | char | as per code definition document | 1 |
| CLASSIFICATION_CODE | A code that describes the classification of the record, for example, CE01HE is a higher education establishment. | char | 1, 2, 4, 6 | 1 |
| CLASSIFICATION_CODE_DESCRIPTION | A description that describes the classification of the record, for example, CE01HE is a higher education establishment. | char | as per code definition document | 1 |
| POSTAL_ADDRESS_CODE | A code that describes the type of postal delivery that the object is subject to. | char | 1 | 1 |
| POSTAL_ADDRESS_CODE_DESCRIPTION | A description that describes the type of postal delivery that the object is subject to. | char | 100 | 1 |
| LOGICAL_STATUS_CODE | A code for the logical status of the BLPU. See list here. | integer | 1 | 1 |
| BLPU_STATE_CODE | A code for the physical nature of the property or land object. These are used to represent the physical state or the feature. See list here. | integer | 1 | 1 |
| BLPU_STATE_CODE_DESCRIPTION | A description for the physical nature of the property or land object. These are used to represent the physical state or the feature. | char | as per code definition document | 0..1 |
| TOPOGRAPHY_LAYER_TOID | Unique key for the application cross reference record. | char | 20 | 1 |
| PARENT_UPRN | UPRN of the parent record. | integer | 12 | 0..1 |
| LAST_UPDATE_DATE | Date this record was last updated. | date | date | 1 |
| ENTRY_DATE | Date of the data entry. | date | date | 1 |
| LEGAL_NAME | Registered legal name of organisation. | char | 60 | 0..1 |
| BLPU_STATE_DATE | Date at which the BLPU achieved its current state in the real-world. | date | date | 0..1 |