Delivering 30-Month Local Plans: Digital Innovation, Connectivity and Practical Tools
This session explores how digital tools and data, including the DfT’s Connectivity Tool, can help local authorities deliver local plans within the 30-month timetable by strengthening evidence and accelerating decision-making.
Digital Planning Directory Online Show and Tell: Delivering 30-Month Local Plans: Digital Innovation, Connectivity and Practical Tools
28 May 2026, 1-2pm
The introduction of a 30-month requirement for local plan preparation represents a significant shift for the planning system, placing greater emphasis on efficiency, evidence and delivery.
This session will explore how digital tools and data can support local authorities and practitioners to meet this challenge in practice. It will include an introduction from the Department for Transport to its Connectivity Tool, highlighting how it can be applied within the local plan process to strengthen evidence and inform decision-making.
We will also hear from industry on a range of digital solutions that can help streamline plan-making, improve collaboration and accelerate delivery. The session is intended as a practical “show and tell”, offering insights into tools that can be deployed now to support the new timetable.
Speakers:
- Robert Singleton, Head of Planning, Department for Transport (DfT)
- David Cooper, Director, Blue Fox Technology Ltd
- Annette Jezierska, CEO, The Future Fox
- Daniel Mohamed, CEO, Urban Intelligence
- Simon Mabey, CEO, Digital Urban
Do not miss this opportunity to understand how digital tools can help you meet the 30-month local plan timetable more efficiently, from evidence gathering through to adoption.
