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What we've learnt from the PropTech Innovation Fund round 1 digital citizen engagement pilots

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13 Local Authority Projects, 8 PropTech suppliers. Funding allowed local authorities to use digital tools to: 1) make the planning process more open and accessible 2) boost public engagement 3) gather evidence around the barriers to scaling adoption of digital tools. Digital Planning Logo

Round 1 of the PropTech Innovation Fund funded 13 pioneering Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) across England to work with 8 Property Technology (PropTech) partners to use innovative digital tools to make the planning process more open and accessible. The projects aimed to boost public engagement, while gathering evidence about the barriers to allow local authorities to adopt digital tools at scale.

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

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£3.2 million of funding has been awarded through Round 3 of the PropTech Innovation Fund to improve digital citizen engagement within the planning process. Digital Planning Logo. Mobile phone held in a hand displaying the text 'Have your say' 'Search' 'Housing' 'Community' 'Latest'

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.

The 12 Milestones of DLUHC Digital Planning 2022

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The 12 Milestones of DLUHC Digital Planning 2022. The DLUHC Digital Planning Programme's 12 stand out moments of 2022 in collaboration with Local Planning Authorities and industry partners.

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

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Funding Awarded: DLUHC continues to support Local Planning Authorities to scale the adoption of digital citizen engagement tools. PropTech Engagement Fund: Continuous Funding for 8 successful projects announced. DLUHC Logo. Digital Planning Logo.

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.

PropTech sector wants to help deliver Housing and Planning ambitions

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Screenshot of attendees at the PropTech Round Table meeting

In the summer the DLUHC Digital Planning team held a virtual Roundtable event to connect senior DLUHC officials with a wide range of voices to help the Property Technology (PropTech) sector understand the government’s levelling up agenda and discuss where their insights, experience and solutions could help.

Digital planning reform - an overview

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national planning data map

The digital planning reform team in DLUHC have been working over the last couple of years to investigate how digital and data could improve on what we have now: saving time and money for both end-users and planning authorities, and better connecting the public to the issues and decisions made on their behalf.

Modernising planning software in collaboration with councils and their suppliers

The Digital Planning Software Programme: supporting the improvement of digital planning software

Our digital planning software work is moving into a new phase of collaboration and delivery with Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) and software providers. We continue to build on the success of the Reducing Invalid Planning Applications (RIPA) and Back Office …