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Planning application submissions

MHCLG Digital Planning are developing a set of open, reusable data specifications to help standardise the information submitted when a planning application is made.

These specifications will ensure that the data is consistent and meets requirements set out in national legislation.

We have identified the following considerations as being related to planning applications.

Completion notices

Github discussion

Drainage agreements and consents

Github discussion

Enforcement notices

Github discussion

Local area requirements

Github discussion

Planning application consultations

Github discussion

Planning application submissions

Github discussion

Planning application variance

Github discussion

Planning applications & decisions

Github discussion

Planning conditions

Github discussion

Statement of community involvement (sci)

Github discussion

Use class

Github discussion

Events timeline

To view the history of this project in more detail, visit our weeknotes page.

Second data standards community session

We gave an update on the progress we'd made on the declarative model work and what it has enabled. And, we led discussion on what else the community wants to see and what they want and need from planning application decision data (notes, slides).

First data standards community session

We shared the aims and context for the project, work done to date, heard updates from the community and discussed how it all fits together (notes, slides).

Blog post published outlining the next stages for submissions and how we will kick off research into decisions.

Trackers developed to help community navigate github

Collated feedback from various channels into a tracker

Call for feedback closed

Blog post published, "Get involved validating the baseline planning application data specification"

Community drop-in

We summarised what was discussed in the last advisory group and ran through the first draft of the specifications (slides, video).

Advisory group

We ran through the first draft of the specifications (slides, minutes).

Published the list of modules required for each application type, including sub-types where applicable.

Community drop-in

We ran a lean coffee style session with the community to answer questions and resolve issues relating to the applications (recording)

Advisory group

We ran a lean coffee style session with the advisory group to answer questions and resolve issues relating to the applications (slides, minutes).

Started setting out the codelists needed to support the planning application specification.

Started pulling together a list of planning requirements - the documents that applicants need to prepare alongside their application.

Community drop-in

We ran a session to outline how we were planning to use the form analysis and community feedback to produce the information models (slides, video).

Advisory group

We ran a session to outline how we were planning to use the form analysis and advisory group feedback to produce the information models (slides, minutes).

Event to demo analysis of planning application forms

A spreadsheet with the 80+ components and 1300 fields that make up planning application forms is shared (slide deck, video of session).

Blog post published outlining how we work in the open to build a specification

First community drop-in

Outlining the role of the community group in steering our development of planning application submission specifications.

First advisory group

Outlining the role of the advisory group in steering our development of planning application submission specifications.

The planning application types we’ll be looking at first are shared

A blog post is published to set out this piece of work

Started the initiative

Useful links