Latest resources
Delivering 30-Month Local Plans: Digital Innovation, Connectivity and Practical Tools
This one-hour session explored how digital tools and data, including the Department for Transport’s Connectivity Tool, can support local authorities in delivering local plans within the 30-month timetable by strengthening the evidence base, improving public engagement, and accelerating decision-making.
Digital Planning Directory Online Show and Tell: Key Changes to the Planning System (Joint Event with OS)
The joint Task Force and OS event highlighted how rapidly evolving planning reforms are reshaping Local Planning Authorities and how better use of data can improve efficiency and decision-making.
Digital Planning Directory Online Show and Tell: Sustainability Enabled by Digital Innovation
This one-hour session presented a range of state-of-the-art approaches to using digital tools to support sustainability in planning.
Digital Planning Directory Online Show and Tell: Driving Innovation Through Smarter Procurement
This Show & Tell features expert perspectives from across government and industry, exploring smarter approaches to procurement and how they can help scale digital planning innovation into mainstream planning practice.
Online Show & Tell: Smarter Planning: Data, Processes, and Insights, 4 December 2025
This Show & Tell began with an introduction from the MHCLG Data Standards Team, followed by a showcase of four newly launched products that harness data and engage users more effectively, helping them navigate the planning system, uncover insights, and support better planning outcomes.
Digital Planning Directory Online Show & Tell: Milton Keynes City Council, 13th November 2025
A one-hour session showcasing Milton Keynes City Council’s digital planning journey and MHCLG Open Digital Planning programme.
Digital Planning Directory Online Show and Tell: Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service, 7th October 2025
Watch this one-hour webinar to learn how the Cambridge team has advanced their digital planning journey — sharing key lessons, achievements, and future strategy.
Digital Planning Directory Online Show and Tell: Utilising Data for Better Planning Outcomes, 18th September 2025
This webinar, Utilising Data for Better Planning Outcomes, showcases how data-driven insights are transforming planning.
Digital Planning Directory Joint Event with the Mayor of London: AI in Planning, 9 April 2025
The event, held at London City Hall on 9 April, marked the official launch of the Digital Planning Directory 2025 event programme.
