Case Study: Hythe and Dibden Parish Council achieves efficient land and asset management with Ordnance Survey

Hythe and Dibden Parish Council - Customer Case Study

Hythe and Dibden Parish Council needed quicker, more reliable access to local land and asset ownership data to respond to frequent public enquiries and manage roughly 200 acres of public land. Through a GIS partnership with New Forest District Council, the council used Ordnance Survey mapping data — including OS VectorMap Local and OS MasterMap Topography Layer — alongside the district’s ForestMap GIS to address this challenge.

Ordnance Survey’s mapping products and the shared ForestMap GIS gave all parish staff secure intranet access to up-to-date maps and ownership layers, enabling faster resolution of maintenance queries, clearer inspection scheduling for trees, and identification of adjacent plots that could be maintained more efficiently. The partnership with Ordnance Survey reduced duplicated site visits, distributed licensing costs across councils, improved public service response times, and delivered measurable cost-efficiencies in tasks such as grass cutting.

Hythe and Dibden Parish Council

David Shimpe

Clerk