Digital planning and housing finds a new home
Head of the Digital Land Policy Peter Latham introduces his new team’s role in digital reform of the planning and housing system
Making developer contributions open and transparent
The recently updated National Planning Policy Framework and associated guidance introduced the expectation that planning authorities will publish their viability statements and developer contributions to increase the transparency of the planning process. Publishing data around developer contributions will help people better understand the effect developer contributions have …
Releasing up to 389 Local Digital Fund proposals
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Linda O'Halloran, Posted on:
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Local Digital, Local Digital, Local Digital Fund
This has been an important, madly busy week for our new Local Digital Collaboration Unit. In just a 2-week period, we received 389 unique expressions of interest in running collaborative Local Digital Fund projects from 171 organisations. This included at …
The Local Digital Fund opens for applications
In this blog post, Local Government Minister Rishi Sunak announces the launch of the Local Digital Fund and outlines the application process. The fund will be used to enable local councils to work together on a digital project, as well as to enhance the digital capability of local teams.
Discovering what leaders need to make decisions in the digital age
The Local Digital Team will be using the Local Digital Fund to build the capability of leaders delivering digital services, through digital leadership training. Local Digital Advisor Gavin Beckett outlines the user research the team have been doing to test their proposition, and what they learnt.
Reasons to sign the Declaration and iterations to the service
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Local Digital, Local Digital
The Local Digital Team outline the benefits of signing up to the Local Digital Declaration and give guidance on making a commitment. Also, they share what they've learnt since launching the first iteration of the sign up service.
Helping local government to share events
The Local Digital Team have launched a new event sharing service! Designed to aid collaboration between digital organisers across local government. Find out more about the service and how it works.
Declaration sign up service open for business
The Local Digital team are delighted to announce the launch of the Declaration sign up service. It has been designed to allow local authorities and organisations working with local government to sign up to the Local Digital Declaration. To sign up, signatories will make a commitment in line with the principles of the Declaration. Learn …
Using Slack to #AskRishi
The Local Digital Team hosted the first #AskRishi event on Slack, giving people the chance to put their questions to Local Government Minister Rishi Sunak MP. Discover the highlights from the conversation.
Lessons learnt from the first Local Digital Collaboration Roadshows
The Local Digital Team have been touring the country on their first roadshow, meeting colleagues in local government. They shared knowledge and discussed ideas for better working together. Find out what the team learnt from the roadshow events and what they are doing next as a result.
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