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Important digital changes are set out in today& #39;s planning reform white paper #PropTech #PlanTech https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/planning-for-the-future">https://www.gov.uk/governmen...
Moving the planning system from one based on *data* not *documents* has been long overdue
The data and digital planning reforms are the product of tangible, iterative product work, set out in the open over months on our digital land team& #39;s site, led by @psd https://digital-land.github.io/ ">https://digital-land.github.io/">...
The planning authority service changes draw on local authority work supported by @LDgovUK& #39;s #LocalDigitalFund but driven by a group of visionary reformers in councils & digital agencies - see https://localdigital.gov.uk/funded-project/reducing-invalid-planning-applications/">https://localdigital.gov.uk/funded-pr... and https://localdigital.gov.uk/funded-project/user-centred-back-office-planning-system/">https://localdigital.gov.uk/funded-pr... (& also work in @PINSgov)
The need to create local plans and planning decisions as consumable digital products draws on our @mhclg team& #39;s work, including prototypes that emerged from the difficulty even finding key content, supported by @dxw and @mySociety https://local-plan.herokuapp.com/v3/plan-data ">https://local-plan.herokuapp.com/v3/plan-d...
The opportunity for stronger public engagement in the planning process draws on the exciting opportunity from emerging UK #PropTech such as @cmnplace @Built_ID @TheFutureFox, with a nod to @FaisalButt_ and others advocating for this emerging sector
And the vision behind the changes emerged from pioneering work by @euanmills (now in our team) and @Stef_W at @CPCatapult some years ago, and thinking on data-led platform gov from @richardjpope @tomskitomski and others back in the day
For our teams in @mhclg the paper is a public articulation of hard work put in across digital and policy teams over many months, working in collaboration with leading digital agencies, councils and PropTech co& #39;s
At a personal level its what keeps me excited about gov - we know how to build great transactional digital services (even if we& #39;ve some way to go), but bringing deeper digital thinking into strategic policy work like this is imo the cutting edge of digital gov practice
