Our story
Open Digital Planning started in 2018 with the launch of the Local Digital Fund. It was aimed at supporting Local Planning Authorities directly to build innovative products and services along with standardising data. This started our two products, Back Office Planning System (BOPS) and PlanX.
In 2022, we determined that effectively scaling the adoption of these products would require building a community of Local Planning Authorities and then building legislation around the standardisation of data.
By 2024, forty-three Local Planning Authorities had joined the community to assess and enhance their digital planning maturity, access training opportunities, and improve and publish their datasets on the Planning Data Platform. We further broadened our reach to include additional Local Planning Authorities supported by the MHCLG PropTech Innovation Fund.
Our focus
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Planning technology
Making the technology we use every day work for everyone.
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Digital capabilities
Supporting Local Planning Authorities to improve digital planning capabilities
Digital planning improvement -
Planning data
Working with MHCLG to publish data to the planning data platform.
Planning data platform -
Community
Co-designing products and making digital planning improvements.
Learn about our community
“There's great work being achieved and there's much to be said for government, developer, and local authority collaboration, and the innovations and improvements that derive from this.”
Jenna Rumley, Planning Support & Improvement Manager, Doncaster Council
