Exploring the use of artificial intelligence to streamline the planning process
Planning documents often contain vast amounts of valuable information, but accessing and using this ...
Unlocking collaboration: new ways of working in our delivery community of practice
Delivery managers are accountable for the delivery of products and services. Due to the dynamic and ...
Applying user ecosystem thinking in Funding Service Design
In DLUHC’s Funding Service Design team, we design ways to improve the user experience of applying fo...
Join the Funding Service Design team
DLUHC’s Funding Service Design team is improving DLUHC’s funding service – we are redesigning key el...
Join us at our virtual Digital Recruitment Days and explore your next career move
Do you work in engineering, user research or interaction design, and are looking for a rewarding and...
Scaling data standards to support local government
One major challenge councils face is unconnected technology solutions that can’t share data with eac...
PropTech Innovation Fund: how it's helped identify barriers to adoption of digital engagement tools and the role of government and partners to reduce them
Technology can play a vital role in enhancing community engagement and modernising the planning syst...
A foot in the Digital Front Door: expanding digital thinking in policy-making
In this post, Greg Winfield, Head of User-Centred Policy Design at DLUHC, talks about how adding use...
Future Councils Pilot insights: Common challenges to digital transformation in local government
The aim of Future Councils was to understand the conditions required for councils to become modern a...
Developing a service to assess and understand cyber resilience in local government
The DLUHC Local Digital team is supporting councils in England to build their cyber resilience. Thro...
Funding Service Design: Using content design to reduce the burden on applicants
In September 2022, I started on a new project as a content designer in the Funding Service Design te...
Transforming digital services for councils through our Round 6 projects
We’re pleased to announce the 16 council-led digital projects that will be awarded funding through R...
Future Councils: Meet our 8 pilot councils
We are delighted to announce the councils that will be taking part in the pilot of Future Councils -...
DLUHC Housing and Planning Minister visits Buckinghamshire Council to see new Digital Planning software in action
DLUHC Housing and Planning Minister, Lucy Frazer alongside Councillor Martin Tett, Leader of Bucking...
Local Digital: 2022 in review
Local Digital is on a mission to bring together everyone required to make excellent local public ser...
Continuous Data Assurance Helps to Make Better Services
In September 2020, the Energy Performance of Buildings Register Find an energy certificate service w...
The 12 Milestones of DLUHC Digital Planning 2022
There may not be any partridges or pear trees in sight as we reach the end of 2022, but the DLUHC Di...
DLUHC continues to support Local Planning Authorities to scale the adoption of digital citizen engagement tools
The PropTech Engagement Fund continues to build on its success as we launch the next round of fundin...
Insights from the Cyber Assessment Framework for Local Government pilot
In September 2022, the DLUHC Local Digital team kicked off a pilot with a cohort of councils to expl...
The Planning Software Improvement Fund is open for applications
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC)'s ambition to improve local authori...
Future Councils: Delivering pathways for councils to become modern and resilient organisations
We’re delighted to announce that applications are now open to join the pilot of Future Councils. Fut...
PropTech sector wants to help deliver Housing and Planning ambitions
Screenshot of attendees at the PropTech Roundtable In the summer the DLUHC Digital Planning team hel...
Round 6 of the Local Digital Fund is open for applications
We’re excited to announce that Round 6 of the Local Digital Fund is now open for applications from c...
Introducing the planning data platform
Find planning and housing data that is easy to understand, use and trust. A platform to help you cre...
Piloting a Cyber Assessment Framework for Local Government
The potential impact of a cyber incident in a council can be devastating, as high profile attacks on...
Celebrating four years of the Local Digital Declaration
Every July, the Local Digital team holds a month-long campaign to celebrate the anniversary of the l...
New user-centred services for planning applications are now live on council websites
3 new services: Find Out If You Need Planning Permission, Apply for a Lawful Development Certificate...
New user-centred services for planning applications are now live on council websites
3 new services: Find Out If You Need Planning Permission, Apply for a Lawful Development Certificate...
What we learned from the Local Digital Roadshow 2022
The Local Digital team holding a workshop with attendees during the Yorkshire Roadshow. This year ha...
Digital planning reform - an overview
Have you ever tried to get planning permission or engage with the planning system as a user? For hom...