MHCLG Digital

Modernising planning software in collaboration with councils and their suppliers

Digital Planning, 21 January 2022 - Digital Land, Digital Planning, Local Digital, Local Digital Declaration, Local Digital Fund, Local Digital Team, PropTech

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 …

Introducing a new service: Submit social housing lettings and sales data (CORE)

Team Case Level Data Collection, 17 January 2022 - Case Level Data Collection

We previously blogged about how and why DLUHC is looking at reducing the burden of data submission to central government through user-centred design and automation. This post is about how we’re designing and building the new “Submit social housing lettings …

Why we’re making data returns less burdensome for Local Government

Team Case Level Data Collection, 23 December 2021 - Case Level Data Collection

A big part of the work of organisations that deliver local services is submitting data about their activities to central government, so that existing policies can be monitored and new policies can be made. There’s an official list of these …

We’re awarding funding to 9 projects through Round 5 of the Local Digital Fund

The Local Digital team, 16 November 2021 - Local Digital, Local Digital Fund

Today we’re pleased to announce the 9 council-led digital projects that will be awarded funding through Round 5 of the Local Digital Fund. The aim of the Local Digital Fund is to help councils transform their digital services in line …

How our training offer is supporting local government with day-to-day working

The Local Digital team, 18 October 2021 - Local Digital, Local Digital Training

It’s been seven months since we launched an online library of training courses to support our local government colleagues to develop their digital skills while working remotely. In that time, we’ve had 218 applications from people working in more than …

Round 5 of the Local Digital Fund is now open

The Local Digital team, 6 September 2021 - Local Digital, Local Digital Fund

We’re thrilled to announce that the Local Digital Fund is open for applications from council-led digital projects in its fifth round of funding. In this latest open round, we’re inviting local authorities to submit proposals for alpha and beta projects …

New fund to enhance community engagement in planning

Digital Planning, 3 August 2021 - Digital Planning, PropTech

The Digital Planning team at MHCLG are delighted to announce the new PropTech Engagement Fund, set up to support the PropTech sector and local authorities to accelerate adoption of technology that will enhance community engagement and deliver a modern planning …

Transforming the way MHCLG delivers funding

Sam Selmon and Gemma Matthews, 1 July 2021 - Funding Service

Delivering funding to where it is needed most is a core mission of MHCLG. And we do lots of it - distributing £8.5bn in general grants in 2019/20 – to local authorities, charities and businesses across the UK. This …

MHCLG launch two beta products in a first step towards digital planning reform

The Local Digital team, 30 June 2021 - Digital Planning, Local Digital

We’re pleased to announce the launch of a private beta of two new council-led digital planning products, funded by MHCLG’s Local Digital Fund. This is an exciting step towards 21st Century digital planning systems that use data and human-centred design …

What our training offer is teaching us about the needs of local government

Sam Villis, 10 June 2021 - Local Digital, Local Digital Training

Earlier this year, we launched a library of online training courses to support our local government colleagues to learn and develop their digital skills while working remotely. A core part of this training offer is a selection of funded courses: …

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