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Digital Planning: Developing planning applications specifications in the open 

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The first collaborative sessions with the planning community to develop data specifications for planning applications have taken place. Find out about the ambition, the progress being made and how you can get involved.

Digital Planning: applying digital principles and innovation to transform England’s planning system 

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The Digital Planning programme in MHCLG is transforming the future of planning. Find out how standardised data, innovation, collaboration and enhanced use of digital tools are reshaping England's planning system to make it more efficient and inclusive.

Faster, better, cheaper: delivering improved outcomes for citizens

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Digital is about working smarter, streamlining how we operate, making policies more responsive, and creating a culture of collaboration. Earlier this autumn, our digital team set out a vision within the department of using digital ways of working to deliver improved outcomes. Find out about the objectives, principles and approach that underpin our ambition.

Data Hackathon: Exploring how open data can help transform the planning system

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Find out how a recent hackathon was used to start to build an app, based on open planning datasets, which could be used to help identify brownfield land for development.

From manual to automated: enhancing reporting for the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping team 

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Discover how MHCLG's Digital Process Improvement team transformed reporting processes for the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Accommodation team, enhancing efficiency and support for vulnerable communities.

What might a Policy Standard in government look like? 

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Government is becoming more familiar with doing user-centred policy design, whether in creating programmes, support interventions, funding or even legislation. This post discusses the potential for a Policy Standard in government, built on the broader application of service design principles beyond digital services.

Using data design to transform the planning application process: get involved

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In order to make the planning applications process smoother and more efficient we need to ensure the right data is available, in the right format. In this post the Data Design team explain how they are now working to develop new data standards and are keen to collaborate with the planning community to create specifications that work for everyone.

Empowering voters: behind the scenes of the Choose My PCC service 

A picture of a laptop screen showing a webpage from the Choose My PCC service relating to the May 2024 elections

Teams in MHCLG build and run digital services related to elections, including Apply for a photo ID to vote and Register to vote. In this post, the team behind one of the services – Choose My PCC – talks about the work that went into preparing the service for the latest Police (Fire) and Crime Commissioners (PCC) elections, what they learnt and what's next for the service.