We won! Great to see our team’s and partner councils’ work recognised. 🎉
Gold Winner for Best Use of Digital and Technology is @luhc for their Digital Planning Programme! This award is for the innovative use of digital tools and technology that lead to an improved outcome and build dynamic local public services. #iESEAwards23 #digitalgurus
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Housing and Planning Minister, Lucy Frazer, visited The Gateway, #Aylesbury, yesterday to see how we are trialling innovative digital tools aimed at speeding up the planning process, as part of a government project funded by @luhc.
ALT People (seated) in a meeting
Good to get out last week and visit Bucks with Minister Frazer to show what we have been co-building with our partner local authorities on @opendigitalplan planning software.
Last week our @BucksCouncil planning colleagues and council leaders met @luhc's Housing and Planning Minister @LucyFrazerMP to demo DLUHC funded @opendigitalplan software and discuss the future of the planning system.
Find out more:bit.ly/3Rfn11h
ALT DLUHC Housing and Planning Minister, Lucy Frazer alongside Councillor Martin Tett, Leader of Buckinghamshire Council and colleagues.
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We’re excited to once again offer an online executive education programme for senior #LocalGov officers in collaboration with @AWS_Gov and @Socitm.
Register for the Executive Education Programme in Digital Transformation for UK #LocalGovernment today.
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Still plenty of time to apply for our Senior Technical Architect role - closes this Wed 11:55pm. You get to work with amazing councils and software providers on emerging standards - apply below!
We're recruiting for a Senior Technical Architect to lead the Digital Planning Software team's technical strategy, offering support and expertise to software providers, councils and partner digital agencies.
Apply before 11:55pm on Wednesday 30 November: bit.ly/3V95dWk
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Had a great time discussing future skills for planners with Diane Rennie from @UKGovScotland, @jmichaelbatty and expertly chaired by Nissa Shahid.
This week some of the team have been in Birmingham at the @PlanningPortal / @RTPIPlanners National Planning Conference.
Our Head of Product @maynleow spoke on the 'Digital skills for planners' panel.
Read the highlights on Linkedin: bit.ly/3hOTNbP
ALT Group photo of Digital Planning Team colleagues and other delegates
ALT May-N Leow speaking on the panel
ALT The main room at the National Planning Conference 2022
ALT May-N Leow speaking alongside Diane Rennie, Michael Batty & Nissa Shahid on the 'Digital skills for planners' panel.
Fund now open!
The Planning Software Improvement Fund is now open for applications - This £5M fund is available to Local Planning Authorities in England to improve the digital services they use for the submission and assessment of planning applications.
Find out more: bit.ly/3GhmnwN
£5m funding available to local authorities in our upcoming Planning Software Improvement Fund - join us on 16th Nov 11am-12pm to find out more👇.
Great to see so many attendees at our
@opendigitalplan Virtual Showcase this morning!
At next week's event we are launching the Planning Software Improvement Fund - A new £5M fund for councils to improve their digital planning services.
Register here: bit.ly/3UEN0jc
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Ian Levy, technical director of @NCSC, announces his departure from government - and offers ten things he has learnt from twenty years at @GCHQ - ranging from quantum state superposition jokes to why cybersecurity never seems to learn from the past
ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/so-lon…
This is our biggest Digital Planning procurement with so much interesting work on both policy, digital and data - apply apply apply!
We're looking for delivery partner(s) to fulfil diverse requirements for #DigitalPlanning reform, taking a multidisciplinary approach to deliver policy, system mapping, and digital and technology outcomes.
Find out more & apply by Friday 21 October 2022: bit.ly/3CItpIN
ALT Tender open: Digital Planning Reform – Multi-Disciplinary Delivery Partner Digital Planning logo. #DoingPlanningDifferently
I’m biased as this was my old role but it’s a fab team and you get to support local authorities who are doing amazing digital and data stuff - apply! DM if you want more info.
We’re still recruiting for the role of Head of Product to join the #LocalDigital team.
We're looking for a senior leader who is comfortable with digital and non-digital product development and iteration.
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Apply by 11:55pm on 23 October.
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Join our webinar on Wednesday 19 October at 11am where the #LocalDigital team will:
➡provide an overview of Round 6
➡talk through the eligibility and assessment criteria
➡answer any questions you have
Register: localdigitalfundr6.eventbrit…
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Applications for the #LocalDigitalFund will be open for 6 weeks, closing on Thursday 24 November.
More information will be shared over the coming days so keep an eye on our social channels and website: localdigital.gov.uk/fund/loc…
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We have launched a new Planning Data platform on @GOVUK which aims to make land and housing data easier to find, understand, use and trust.
Data is collected from local planning authorities and transformed into a consistent state, across England: planning.data.gov.uk/
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Lovely evening with lovely people celebrating the successful launch of @opendigitalplan and @BoPs_Digital
Job klaxon! Fab role in a fab team @LDgovUK on supporting local authorities to build great digital services and increase cyber resilience. This is my previous role and I’m happy to answer any questions - DM me! civilservicejobs.service.gov…
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New user-centred services for planning applications funded by @luhc, are live on @BucksCouncil @lambeth_council & @lb_southwark’s websites.
These @opendigitalplan & @BoPs_Digital services are a step towards an improved digital planning system: bit.ly/3SiNZoQ
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ALT New user-centred services for planning applications are now live on council websites. Logo text: Buckinghamshire Council, Lambeth, Southwark Council southwark.gov.uk, Digital Planning.
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I've been asked about this a lot, so let me provide a quick FAQ.
Q: What's the nature of the issue?
A: Anyone who has bought my book from Amazon in the past few month hasn't bought a genuine copy, but a lower-quality counterfeit copy printed by various fraudulent sellers.
We are looking for new delivery partners and we need help shaping our upcoming procurement as we look to transform planning in England. Ideally we want a combination of Planning, PropTech and Digital suppliers working together on an outcome. Please join us this Thurs.
The Digital Planning team are seeking #DigitalDelivery partners to support the Digital Planning Reform Programme.
#Planning, #PropTech and #Digital suppliers are invited to attend a pre-market engagement event to discuss preparation for procurement:bit.ly/3O02Y3z
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ALT Pre-market engagement event: Digital Planning Reform Programme Outcomes Market Consultation Thursday 14 July 2022 2-3pm
It has been hard yards bringing digital and policy together on #DigitalPlanning but so rewarding when a policy colleague talks about min valuable product instead of min viable product. 💪💗