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15 council led projects funded to scale digital solutions which aim to improve citizen engagement within the planning process

Digital Planning, 23 March 2023 - Digital Citizen Engagement, Digital Planning, PropTech

We’re pleased to announce 15 more council-led projects have been awarded a total of £3.2 million of funding through Round 3 of the PropTech Innovation Fund. 27 Local Planning Authority (LPAs) are involved in the pilots, some of which see multiple LPAs working in partnership.

Supporting the development of transformative leaders within local government

The Local Digital team, 22 March 2023 - Local Digital Declaration, Local Digital Training

This year’s Executive Education Programme featured an exciting line up of new speakers, new partners and an updated agenda. We look back at the highlights from the programme and the digital transformation challenges and initiatives our council participants shared with us.

Transforming digital services for councils through our Round 6 projects

The Local Digital team, 7 March 2023 - Local Digital, Local Digital Fund

We’re pleased to announce the 16 council-led digital projects that will be awarded funding through Round 6 of the Local Digital Fund. The projects were carefully selected from 50 applications representing 118 councils between 13 October and 24 November 2022. …

Future Councils: Meet our 8 pilot councils

The Local Digital team, 7 March 2023 - Future Councils, Local Digital Team

We are delighted to announce the councils that will be taking part in the pilot of Future Councils - a new programme to support local authorities across England to become modern and resilient. During the pilot phase, we are funding 8 councils …

DLUHC awards Local Planning Authorities funding to improve the digital services they use for planning applications

Digital Planning, 1 March 2023 - Digital Planning, Planning Software

DLUHC is funding 19 more councils to lead and take part in digital projects that will encourage quicker planning decisions and improve digital planning software.

DLUHC Housing and Planning Minister visits Buckinghamshire Council to see new Digital Planning software in action

Digital Planning, 30 January 2023 - Digital Planning

DLUHC’s Housing and Planning Minister, Lucy Frazer, visited Buckinghamshire Council on the 26 January to learn more about Buckinghamshire’s experience of being part of the Open Digital Planning (ODP) project, demo new user-centred Digital Planning services and hear more about the council’s wider ideas for streamlining the planning system as part of the department’s Digital Planning Programme.

Local Digital: 2022 in review

The Local Digital team, 20 December 2022 - Local Digital

Local Digital is on a mission to bring together everyone required to make excellent local public services through the Local Digital movement. The community was drawn together around the Local Digital Declaration, a shared ambition for the future of local …

Continuous Data Assurance Helps to Make Better Services

Dean Wanless, 20 December 2022 - Energy Performance Certificates

In September 2020, the Energy Performance of Buildings Register Find an energy certificate service went live on GOV.UK. This was DLUHC’s first public-facing digital service and replaced a mature but out-dated service that had been run by an external supplier …

The 12 Milestones of DLUHC Digital Planning 2022

Digital Planning, 19 December 2022 - Digital Land, Digital Planning, PropTech

There may not be any partridges or pear trees in sight as we reach the end of 2022, but the DLUHC Digital Planning team have reflected back on the year’s 12 stand out moments to acknowledge a fantastic year of work in collaboration with Local Planning Authorities and industry partners.

DLUHC continues to support Local Planning Authorities to scale the adoption of digital citizen engagement tools

Digital Planning, 16 December 2022 - Digital Planning, PropTech

The PropTech Engagement Fund continues to build on its success as we launch the next round of funding for 9 projects under the Digital Planning Continuous Funding Model. This most recent funding will see select projects from previous rounds explore ideas around how to further scale the adoption of digital tools and increase efficiencies when undertaking planning consultation projects across the country.

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