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Thanks to MHCLG Digital Planning programme funding, 49 Local Planning Authorities are joining the Digital Planning Improvement Fund. If not already part of the network, they will also join Open Digital Planning, learning from other local planning authorities. Each will receive a £50,000 grant to help modernise planning practices, enhance digital capabilities, and make key planning data more accessible.

The Digital Planning Improvement Fund now supports 171 LPAs to publish their planning data – including 70 who joined last year, 46 who joined in March 2025 and 24 who started in September 2025. 

Thanks to Digital Planning UK Gov funding, 46 additional Local Planning Authorities will join Open Digital Planning this April! Each will receive a £50,000 grant to help modernise planning practices, enhance digital capabilities, and make key planning data more accessible.

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UKA Live spoke with Matt Wood-Hill, service owner for Open Digital Planning (ODP) and Stefan Webb, partner for place and infrastructure, to explain the key factors driving ODP’s success

We’re back with our first newsletter of the year, featuring a veteran local authority’s digital transformation journey, latest on the Open Digital Planning product pilot plus more.