Digital Planning Improvement Fund Round 2

Full list of application questions

Table of contents

  1. Before you start
  2. About your organisation
  3. Your skills and experience
  4. About your project
  5. Future work
  6. Declarations

1. Before you start

1.1. Name your application

This is what your application will be called and will help you find it when you save and return.

Choose a memorable name that describes your application.

2. About your organisation

2.1. Organisation information

2.1.1. Organisation name

This must match your registered legal organisation name

2.1.2. Project sponsor details

This is the person sponsoring your application. They are usually a 'head of' or higher

Name of project sponsor

Project sponsor email address

Project sponsor telephone number

2.1.3. Section 151 officer details

Name of section 151 officer

Section 151 officer email address

Section 151 officer telephone number

2.1.4. Lead contact details

They will receive all the information about this application

Name of lead contact

Lead contact job title

Lead contact email address

Lead contact telephone number

3. Your skills and experience

3.1. Your skills and experience

3.1.1. Has your organisation delivered projects like this before?

If 'Yes', go to 3.1.1.2

3.1.1.2. Tell us about how your organisation has worked on similar previous projects

Tell us about:

  • the scale of the project
  • the value of the project
  • who was involved

3.2. Roles and recruitment

3.2.1. Do you have a team in place ready to deliver the project?

If 'No', go to 3.2.1.1

If 'Yes', go to 3.2.2

3.2.1.1. How will you make sure you have a team in place ready to deliver the project?

Tell us about how you plan to recruit any new roles if they are needed

3.2.2. Tell us about the shape of the project team

Tell us about:

  • the roles in the team
  • the scale of the team
  • whether you have a GIS (geographic information system) officer to support the project or if you plan to recruit one

3.2.3. Will you need to backfill any roles in your organisation?

If 'Yes', go to 3.2.3.1

If 'No', go to 3.2.4

3.2.3.1. What is the estimated cost of backfilling roles?

3.2.4. Do you know who will lead the day-to-day delivery of the project in your organisation?

If 'Yes', go to 3.2.4.1

3.2.4.1. Who will lead the day-to-day delivery of the project in your organisation?

Enter a full name

4. About your project

4.1. Engaging the ODP community

4.1.1. Why do you want to be a part of the ODP (Open Digital Planning) community?

Tell us:

  • what you will get from the community
  • what you will give to the community

4.2. Engaging the organisation

4.2.1. How will you make sure team members engage with other parts of your organisation?

We expect you to regularly engage with:

  • planning departments
  • transformation departments
  • data departments
  • GIS (geographical information system) teams
  • senior leadership
  • information technology teams

4.2.2. How will you share the progress of the work across your organisation?

4.3. Dataset information

4.3.1. Does your organisation collect at least one of the datasets?

The 4 datasets are:

  • Conservation areas
  • Article 4 direction
  • Listed buildings
  • Tree preservation orders

If 'Yes', go to 4.3.1.1

If 'No', go to 4.3.2

4.3.1.1. Which datasets have you collected?

Select all that apply

  • Conservation areas
  • Article 4 direction
  • Listed buildings
  • Tree preservation orders

If 'Conservation areas', go to 4.3.1.1.1

If 'Article 4 direction', go to 4.3.1.1.2

If 'Listed buildings', go to 4.3.1.1.3

If 'Tree preservation orders', go to 4.3.1.1.4

4.3.1.1.1. Which format is your dataset in for conservation areas?

Select all that apply

  • Paper
  • Spreadsheet
  • Database
  • GIS (geographical information system)

4.3.1.1.2. Which format is your dataset in for article 4 direction?

Select all that apply

  • Paper
  • Spreadsheet
  • Database
  • GIS (geographical information system)

4.3.1.1.3. Which format is your dataset in for listed buildings?

Select all that apply

  • Paper
  • Spreadsheet
  • Database
  • GIS (geographical information system)

4.3.1.1.4. Which format is your dataset in for tree preservation orders?

Select all that apply

  • Paper
  • Spreadsheet
  • Database
  • GIS (geographical information system)

4.3.1.2. How long do you think it will take your organisation to publish all 4 datasets?

Part of this funding is to support your organisation to improve and publish 4 datasets to the National Planning Data Platform

Select one option

  • 0 to 3 months
  • 4 to 7 months
  • 8 to 11 months
  • Longer than 11 months

4.3.2. What are the current known issues and challenges you have with data quality and publication?

5. Future work

5.1. Future work

5.1.1. Which software improvements are you interested in working on in the future?

If you're successful, you may be invited to apply for additional funding to improve the planning software in your organisation.

Select all that apply

  • Adopting PlanX
  • Adopting BOPS (Back Office Planning System)
  • Working with an existing software provider
  • Working with a new software provider

6. Declarations

6.1. Declarations

6.1.1. Agree to the final confirmations

You have signed the Local Digital Declaration and agree to follow the 5 core principles

Your section 151 officer consents to the funds being carried over and spent in the next financial year (March 2024-25) and beyond if deemed necessary in project budget planning

You agree to let all outputs from this work be published under open licence with a view to any organisation accessing, using or adopting them freely

The information you have provided is accurate