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Reference	Name	Article 4 direction	Permitted development rights	Uprns	Address texts	Geometry	Point	Notes	Entry date	Start date	End date
ARTIC4/001	Article 4 Direction Waterhead Barn		VI-1963			MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.761464 51.949740,-1.760143 51.949283,-1.759969 51.949166,-1.759394 51.948814,-1.758272 51.948365,-1.757278 51.948085,-1.756156 51.947865,-1.755065 51.947694,-1.754796 51.948001,-1.754636 51.947976,-1.754550 51.947973,-1.753648 51.947984,-1.752873 51.947975,-1.752267 51.948074,-1.751883 51.948082,-1.751685 51.948070,-1.751534 51.948051,-1.751384 51.947994,-1.751283 51.947936,-1.751236 51.947924,-1.751049 51.947915,-1.750830 51.947916,-1.750434 51.947935,-1.750354 51.947998,-1.750246 51.948119,-1.750143 51.948294,-1.750234 51.948348,-1.750598 51.948452,-1.751699 51.948650,-1.751681 51.948685,-1.751822 51.948693,-1.752062 51.948686,-1.752544 51.948650,-1.752741 51.948623,-1.753254 51.948625,-1.753572 51.948636,-1.754211 51.948683,-1.754418 51.948735,-1.754573 51.948797,-1.755056 51.949081,-1.755262 51.949072,-1.755323 51.949081,-1.755500 51.949086,-1.756029 51.949128,-1.756318 51.949175,-1.756712 51.949281,-1.757297 51.949515,-1.757593 51.949623,-1.757851 51.949700,-1.758250 51.949783,-1.758768 51.949862,-1.759281 51.949920,-1.759648 51.949938,-1.759898 51.949934,-1.759615 51.949597,-1.759744 51.949432,-1.759926 51.949537,-1.760898 51.949854,-1.761464 51.949740)))	POINT (-1.756052 51.948709)		2026-02-21	Invalid date

How to fix this issue

Your dataset is missing the start-date column.

The Article 4 direction area guidance explains how to fix the issue:

start-date

The date that the article 4 direction came into force, written in YYYY-MM-DD format.

Example: 1984-03-28

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