#PlanTalk - Planning Portal - How can we make the process of planning and building easier? In partnership with the GLA

This event forms part of the RTPI Online Events 2020 series and is brought to you by RTPI London and Greater London Authority

Planning Portal - How can we make the process of planning and building easier?

Scott Alford, Head of Business Development, Planning Portal 

Scott will update you on a brief summary of: 

Who we are:

• History
• Current (inc stats)
• Principles – providing a quality service, putting the customer first, building successful partnerships
• Our role in the process: access to accurate and authoritative information, and delivering quality upfront to improve application submission
  
  

Our objectives, recently refreshed to guide a 3-year programme of investment and development.

1. Reducing invalidation

• Issues in invalidation
• FTS
• Future: Local level validation
  
  

2. Technology innovation to simplify and join-up the process

• Vision: pre-app to building completion, data linked across stages by unique identifier
• We already pass data, not just documents to LPAs. We have a national data standard.
• Future: APIs, interoperability of a variety of systems
  
  

3. Making data accessible

• MI report just launched – first report is available here.
• APIs – GLA LDD already in progress, more to follow
• Future: Content to help applicants make informed decisions

The format of the session will be a 15 minute presentation followed by a 15 minute Q&A.

Speakers:

• Peter Kemp – Greater London Authority (Host)
• Scott Alford – Planning Portal

A recording of this session will be available on the #plantalk You Tube channel shortly afterwards.