Podcast Episode · It's not all about the numbers! · 28 March · 50min

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Every year, local planning authorities make hundreds of thousands of planning decisions. Right now, planning decisions are recorded in dozens of different formats. Find out about the work taking place to change that by creating a data standard for planning

Hundreds in the AI keynote but only a dozen in the data governance room... Keeping with my new found motivation to revisit the "it's not all about the numbers" podcast back catalogue... Christopher ...

User research is underway on standardising planning decision notices. Local authorities currently use different formats to record planning application outcomes, but standardisation would make crucial data instantly available for effective planning, analysis and forecasting. The data standards community has been

Open Data Camp 10 The tenth Open Data Camp was in Edinburgh, at the wonderful University of Edinburgh Business School, on September 27 & 28, 2025. Here’s some of what happened: Photos: OD…

Are We Valuing [Open] Data All Wrong? This is a post following the session I pitched at OpenDataCamp in Edinburgh last weekend. Those wonderful Drawnalism people were in the room, so as well as this …

The blog of the digital and data teams in MHCLG

The blog of the digital and data teams in MHCLG

The UK government’s Blueprint for modern digital government sets out an abundant approach to technology in which joined-up, personalised services combine AI with private-sector design principles. But ...

Through collaboration between HM Land Registry and Local Planning Authorities, the Digital Planning team is working on a joined-up approach to reduce the burden of providing the data needed for local ...