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Introduction

Our experience powering Planning Portal - an internationally leading solution in digital planning application submission – means TerraQuest are in a uniquely privileged position to provide a complete, tailored digital planning service for Northern Ireland – Planning Portal Northern Ireland.

Challenges

We collaborated with the client to architect and develop a bespoke, quality-assured service to suit the needs of users in Northern Ireland.

Solutions

The service facilitates sustainability, putting online, paperless submission at the heart of the Northern Ireland planning business model.

Our fully integrated digital application service is the largest joint IT project between local and central government in Northern Ireland, and the third system built using our quality-assured KeyChain Platform.

Results

The Northern Ireland Planning Portal, launched in December 2022, facilitates the processing of over 12,000 planning applications per year, allowing customers to submit and review planning applications, report breaches of planning control and submit requests for regional planning applications.

10 Northern Ireland Councils currently use the system, including:

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Ards and North Down Borough Council
Armagh City
Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
Belfast City Council
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Derry City and Strabane District Council
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council and Newry
Mourne and Down District Council

This project has seen great vision and leadership from the NI Department for Infrastructure and participating councils. All powered by TerraQuest's Keychain product (which also delivers the English and Welsh Planning Portals) in collaboration with DEF Software Limited.

Geoff Keal
CEO of TerraQuest

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