Open Data

About Open Data

Open data is about increased transparency, about sharing the information we hold with the wider community to build useful applications. The data needs to be in open, machine readable formats that can be easily reused.

You are free to use this data in a wide variety of applications and we licence use in accordance with the same terms and conditions as specified by data.gov.uk.

Below is a list of datasets that Trafford Council has opened up. It's aim to to allow people to remix, mashup and share data easily. We hope to add more as soon as they are available. If you build any systems using the data then please let us know. We would love to hear how this data is being used.

File Formats

We use the following data formats on this website:

Type	Description
XML	Extensible Markup Language
CSV	Comma Separated Values
RSS	Really Simple Syndication
KML	Keyhole Markup Language
KMZ	Compressed version of KML files (smaller files)
RDF	Resource Description Framework

General Information

Title	Format	Notes
Senior Salaries	CSV	Salaries of senior council staff
Council Information	XML	Basic information about Trafford Council
Job Vacancies	RSS	Latest Trafford Council job vacancies
News Releases	RSS	Latest news releases from Trafford Council
What's On	RSS	Details of events listed on the council website

Council Tax

Title	Format	Notes
Valuation Band Charges	XML	Historic charges from current year back to 1993
Banding By Household	XML	Banding information for Trafford's 95,000 properties
Council Tax Arrears 2005-2009	CSV	Council Tax Arrears as at 31 March 2011 for Years 2005/06 to 2009/10 per ward area
Council Tax Arrears 2010	CSV	Council Tax Arrears for 2010/11 as at 31 March 2011 per ward area
Council Tax Arrears 2011	CSV	Council Tax Arrears for 2011/12

Business Rates (NNDR)

Title	Format	Notes
NNDR Arrears 2005-2009	CSV	NNDR Arrears as at 31 March 2011 for Years 2005/06 to 2009/10 per ward area
NNDR Arrears 2010	CSV	NNDR Arrears for 2010/11 as at 31 March 2011 per ward area
NNDR Arrears 2011	CSV	NNDR Arrears for 2011/12

Elections and Democracy

Title	Format	Notes
Civil Parishes	XML	Details of the parish councils within the borough of Trafford
Constituencies	XML	Details of the parliamentary constituencies covering Trafford
Local Election Results	XML	Results of local elections back to 1998
Local Election Results (OE)	RDF	Results of local elections using OpenElectionData markup
General Election Results	XML	Results of all general elections in Trafford back to 1974
Output Areas	XML	Lookup data for the output area geography used in our files
Wards	XML	Details of the 21 wards within the borough of Trafford

Boundary/Area Based

Title	Format	Area Covered
Trafford Borough	KML \| KMZ	The entire Borough of Trafford
Wards	KML \| KMZ	Area/boundary of the 21 wards in Trafford

Location Based

Title	Format	Notes
Allotments	XML	Location of allotments
Bus Stops	XML	Location of all bus stops in Trafford (source: NaPTAN)
Children's Centres	XML	Location of children's centres
Leisure Centres	XML	Location of leisure centres
Libraries	XML	Location of libraries
Highways Trees	XML	Location and species of the 15,000 trees that the council look after
Parks and Open Spaces	XML	Location of all the parks and open spaces in Trafford
Polling Stations	XML	Location of election polling stations within Trafford
Railway Stations	XML	Location of all railway stations in Trafford (source: NaPTAN)
Recycling Centres	XML	Location of recycling centres including materials accepted at each.
Schools	XML	Location and contact details of all Trafford schools
Streetlights	XML	Location of the 27,000 streetlights in Trafford

Supplier Spend

The following files show payments to suppliers made by the council. The files are plain webpage format and in CSV format conforming to the standard format defined by the Local Open Data Panel.

The accompanying meta-data file explains some of the Trafford variations to the official guidelines.

Time Period	Description	Formats
March 2013	All payments	Web \| CSV
February 2013	All payments	Web \| CSV
January 2013	All payments	Web \| CSV
December 2012	All payments	Web \| CSV
November 2012	All payments	Web \| CSV
October 2012	All payments	Web \| CSV
September 2012	All payments	Web \| CSV
August 2012	All payments	Web \| CSV
July 2012	All payments	Web \| CSV
June 2012	All payments	Web \| CSV
May 2012	All payments	Web \| CSV
April 2012	All payments	Web \| CSV
March 2012	All payments	Web \| CSV
February 2012	All payments	Web \| CSV
January 2012	All payments	Web \| CSV
December 2011	All payments	Web \| CSV
November 2011	All payments	Web \| CSV
October 2011	All payments	Web \| CSV
September 2011	All payments	Web \| CSV
August 2011	All payments	Web \| CSV
July 2011	All payments	Web \| CSV
June 2011	All payments	Web \| CSV
May 2011	All payments	Web \| CSV
April 2011	All payments	Web \| CSV
March 2011	Payments over £500	Web \| CSV
February 2011	Payments over £500	Web \| CSV
January 2011	Payments over £500	Web \| CSV
December 2010	Payments over £500	Web \| CSV
November 2010	Payments over £500	Web \| CSV
October 2010	Payments over £500	Web \| CSV
September 2010	Payments over £500	Web \| CSV
August 2010	Payments over £500	Web \| CSV
July 2010	Payments over £500	Web \| CSV
June 2010	Payments over £500	Web \| CSV
May 2010	Payments over £500	Web \| CSV
April 2010	Payments over £500	Web \| CSV