Case Study: Cambridgeshire County Council achieves 20% revenue savings and a rationalised public estate with Ordnance Survey

Cambridgeshire County Council - Customer Case Study

Cambridgeshire County Council faced confusion among residents and businesses about which public bodies provided which services and where, and identified an opportunity to rationalise a combined public-sector estate valued at about £1.2 billion. To create a single authoritative view of assets, the council and its partners turned to Ordnance Survey mapping products — including OS MasterMap Topography Layer, OS VectorMap Local and 1:25 000 Scale Colour Raster — to underpin the initiative.

Using Ordnance Survey data the Making Assets Count partnership plotted the entire county estate on a single online map hosted by the council’s GIS team, enabling joint asset management across nine organisations. The Ordnance Survey-enabled solution produced a Cambridgeshire-wide asset strategy with measurable impact: predicted 20% revenue savings on the £1.2bn portfolio, a 20% increase in property disposals over five years, 20–30% carbon-emission reductions, and more efficient, better-located public services.

Cambridgeshire County Council

Mark Lloyd

Chief Executive Officer