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Introduction

DEF Software Limited have been providing Planning and Building Control solutions to local authorities for over 30 years and have a wealth of experience within that area. Since supplying their first customer in 1984 DEF have consolidated their position in this market by adding solutions for Land Charges, Highways and Licensing.

Within the aforementioned market, DEF Software supply their MasterGov suite of applications which includes Planning, Building Control, Legal Agreements (S106 Monitoring), Appeals, Enforcement, CIL, Land Charges, Land Drainage, Policy Monitoring and Private Sector Housing to over 60 Councils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Since undertaking a successful management buyout in 2009, which saw DEF formed from the Public Sector Division of Datawright Computer Services Limited, the company has doubled its customer base and added six new full modules.

DEF provide both on-premise and SaaS model solutions to local authority clients with full implementation services provided. This includes data migration, consultancy, IT services, training and report writing.

Our products

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    Planning

    The MasterGov Planning module is a fully featured software solution for handling the full life cycle of a Planning application. The module is supplied with independent, yet fully integrated, modules for Appeals and Enforcement. The Appeals module can process both Planning and Enforcement appeals.

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