Latest resources
The Digital Planning Directory Annual Impact & Vision Report (2025–26) highlights major first-year progress and sets out a clear vision for scaling a digital planning ecosystem, underpinning the ongoing transformation of the planning system.
News
Digital Planning Directory Celebrates Two Major Milestones in London
Leaders from across the planning, academic and technology sectors gathered today to celebrate a significant moment in the digital transformation of planning.
Digital Planning Directory Annual Impact & Vision Report (2025–26)
The Digital Planning Directory Annual Impact & Vision Report (2025–26) highlights major first-year progress and sets out a clear vision for scaling a digital planning ecosystem, underpinning the ongoing transformation of the planning system.
First national digital planning education and training listing launched
London 25 March 2026, the Digital Task Force for Planning launched the first Digital Planning Education and Training Listing, a major new resource on the Digital Planning Directory.
Events
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: Sustainability Enabled by Digital Innovation
Explore how digital innovation is enabling smarter, more sustainable planning through real-world data and tools.
Digital Planning Directory Online Show and Tell: Driving Innovation Through Smarter Procurement
This Show & Tell will feature 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.
Videos
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.
Blogs
The Evidence Loop: What 170,000 Appeals Reveal About Policy
When the policy citations, inspector reasoning, and outcomes from over 170,000 of those decisions are structured and analysed systematically, something significant emerges: the planning system's own feedback loop becomes visible.
What Medicine Taught Me About the Future of Planning
When evidence outpaces understanding, decision-making breaks down. Drawing on lessons from bioinformatics, this article argues that the future of planning depends on better tools for synthesising knowledge at scale.
From Allocation to Delivery: Why Viability Testing Matters in Local Plans
Is it time for a new consideration called ‘Land Economics’ to become a prerequisite for housing allocations?