Audio: Doing planning differently: 1. A vehicle for transformation

What has made MHCLG’s Open Digital Planning initiative so successful? And can that be replicated?

The Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government‘s (MHCLG) Open Digital Planning (ODP) programme has been enormously successful – not only building new digital products for the sector but a strong community of forward-thinking local planning authorities, working together to ‘do planning differently’.

In short, the goal is to shape a more efficient, data-driven planning system - transforming the planning process for the benefit of everyone.

UKA Live invited Matt Wood-Hill, service owner for Open Digital Planning at MHCLG and Stefan Webb, partner for place and infrastructure at delivery partner, TPXimpact, to tell us more about the key factors driving this success:

• Where did the idea and ambition come from?
• What has been achieved to date? And what is coming down the line?
• Can this model can be harnessed in the transformation of services that cross traditional central / local boundaries?

In future episodes we will deep dive into the product mindset that has delivered products in quick succession and the thriving community of local planning authorities that enables real-time communication, problem solving and support.

Further info:

• Learn more about Open Digital Planning: https://opendigitalplanning.org/
• Follow developments on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/open-digital-planning
• Contact the ODP team: digitalplanningteam@communities.gov.uk
• Learn more about TPXimpact’s expertise in transforming place and infrastructure: https://www.tpximpact.com/place-and-infrastructure
• Follow developments on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tpximpact/