Start treating planning applications as data, rather than documents

Euan talks about his first week in MHCLG Digital, and reflects on how digital is transforming the built environment sector.
Euan talks about his first week in MHCLG Digital, and reflects on how digital is transforming the built environment sector.
The Local Digital team have been running regular calls for local government during which we’ve heard the many different ways councils are responding to COVID-19. While this has given us a good overview, we wanted to dig deeper to identify …
The Local Digital Collaboration Unit have published their findings from a 40-day pre-discovery into cyber security in local authorities. The team set out to form a picture of the current cyber security threats, challenges and capabilities that exist at a …
Learn about the beta phase of our EPB project, and our ways of working.
Over the last 6 weeks, the Local Digital team has run weekly Friday calls to facilitate discussions across local authorities, as teams respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The local government response has been incredible and relentless. We have seen …
Unique property identifiers will be available as open data under the Open Government Licence from July 2020. Read about what this means for the PropTech sector and the wider significance of the decision.
The Local Digital team have started work on a pre-discovery to understand how we can better support local government on cyber security. Read about the work being planned into reducing cyber risks and becoming more cyber resilient across the sector.
MHCLG has awarded further funding to 6 projects through the Local Digital Fund. Read about the projects that are continuing their work to fix the plumbing of public services.
Round 4 of the Local Digital Fund is opening soon. Find out about who can apply in this round funding and how the team plan to help other digital projects in local government.
Read about the continued work of the Local Digital Collaboration Unit and the events the team attended during the recent pre-election period.