Commercial opportunities from planning portal data
20 Jun 2014 02:51 PM
The Planning Portal is
now open to investment from a commercial partner who can continue developing
the service.
The Planning Portal, an
online one-stop shop for processing planning applications, is now open to
investment from a commercial partner who can continue developing the
service.
The Portal is highly valued as
an important service which helps homeowners and businesses swiftly and
efficiently navigate the planning system. It occupies a unique market
position.
The Department for Communities
and Local Government is now seeking a partner with innovative ideas that will
take the service forward to make it easier to make planning applications that
support sustainable development and economic growth.
Planning Minister Nick Boles
said:
There is huge potential to take
the Planning Portal to the next level and create services that will benefit
businesses and homeowners.
We have built a business that is
well run and has a strong brand but now is the time for a firm to take it
forward to fulfil its full potential. Bringing in external expertise is the
best way to ensure the site works at its very best in the
future.
The Portal has more than a
million visits each month, receives around 320,000 planning applications a year
and allows planning applications to all local authorities in England and Wales
to be submitted electronically through the website.
The site reaches 85,000
professionals each week through its newsletter and has users viewing more than
2,650,000 pages of content. Customers that use the site include councils,
architects, small businesses, shop-fitters, advertising companies, householders
and housing and retail developers.
An information memorandum and
bidding documents are now available on request setting out more details.
Emailplanningportalfuture@communities.gsi.gov.uk for more
information.
Further
information
More than 70% of all planning
applications in England and Wales now go through the Portal.
The Portal is the official
electronic source of approved Building Regulations documents, with over 2
million downloads a year.
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