Sharing planning consultation data across council boundaries
Led by Harlow and Gilston Garden Town (HGGT), this discovery will provide an assessment of how planning consultation data for the proposed HGGT can be shared and used. HGGT will […]
UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
Laying the foundations for better local public services
Led by Harlow and Gilston Garden Town (HGGT), this discovery will provide an assessment of how planning consultation data for the proposed HGGT can be shared and used. HGGT will […]
This project aimed to combine the process of users submitting grant applications with back office systems to ensure a seamless, timely and efficient process. Like many councils, Newcastle City Council […]
Lambeth Council are leading on a project to design a system that reduces the number of invalid application submissions. They also hope to make the current system more transparent and […]
This project, led by Camden Council, is formerly known as Digital Placed Based Engagement. It focusses on producing a working digital planning notice that allows users to access planning notices […]
This project aimed to prove the concept of automating the flow of planning application data: from applicant through the Local Planning Authority, to the regional authority, and out to the […]
This discovery aimed to understand how a cross-authority solution, potentially providing back-end case management, transactional functions and a database, could unlock wider transformation of the planning system. Planning services are […]
This discovery aimed to define a common service pattern for housing repairs and understand barriers to adoption of digital repairs services. The project also explored which service elements are best […]
Following on from a successful discovery, this collaborative alpha project explores potential solutions for a back office planning system (BOPS). The project is delivered in Agile, using a user-centred approach […]
Following on from a successful discovery, this collaborative alpha project explores potential solutions for a common service pattern for the housing repairs service. The project is delivered in Agile, using […]
This discovery has explored the feasibility of adopting or developing a common, open source platform for local government to use to develop chatbot/AI solutions. Local authorities face a variety of […]
Every year, councils receive thousands of planning submissions. Application validation and invalid applications represent a common problem for all of them. The alpha project aims to come up with a […]
There’s no pan-local government ‘playbook’ describing how to make code sharing work in practice. We believe this discourages collaboration, and leads to painful reinventions of the wheel in councils where it’s tried. Our Discovery project will work through the issues that […]
Open source communities and practices in technology have been around since the early 1960s with many academics distributing free and open software to encourage and support openness and co-operation. As […]
Internet technologies around IoT are promising radical improvements in how we serve our residents and businesses. This gives rise to a range of emerging opportunities to achieve significant social and […]
Like many other authorities Camden’s Planning Service is an end to end service that covers all aspects of planning from plan making (strategic planning, local plans, planning guidance and supporting […]
The purpose of planning is to ensure that the right development happens in the right place at the right time, benefitting communities, the economy and the environment. Large quantities of […]
The purpose of planning is to ensure that the right development happens in the right place at the right time, benefitting communities, the economy and the environment. The benefits and […]
This discovery project breaks into three parts a common problem facing local authorities; The first part of the common problem is understanding whether voice truly represents a long-term change in […]
Across all local authorities there are significant numbers of staff spending their time out of the office. These staff rely on systems which create as many barriers to doing an […]
East Lindsey District Council alongside Boston Borough Council and South Holland District Council cover 2,250 km² of East Lincolnshire with a combined population of over 300,000. The sparsely distributed population […]