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Launch services that guide applicants through the process

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Why use Plan✕?

Fewer enquiries

Let users self-serve complex planning information for themselves. Build triage services that guide people to where they need to be, without having to call or email you every time.

Fewer invalid applications

Build guidance and validation rules into your services to help users avoid errors. So far, Plan✕ has typically reduced invalid applications by 60%, and overall processing time by 45%

Shared solutions

Don't reinvent the wheel. Use shared templates and flows for planning services that have already been tested with hundreds of users, and are kept up-to-date with the latest planning knowledge by the community and other teams in government.

Improve satisfaction

User-centered services help to reduce errors, complaints and improve satisfaction. That's good for citizens, good for businesses, and good for team morale too.

Move from documents to data

Receive applications as structured data, not PDFs, which you can then use to build automations, integrate with other systems and to make reporting easier.

More control

Customise your services, and take control of the information and guidance you give to users and the questions you ask. That means they are always getting consistent, relevant guidance, and up-to-date information.

Accessible

Create services using standardised, pre-tested, lego-like components, so your services can be used by as many people as possible, and you can meet accessibility requirements out-of-the-box.

Use AI responsibly

Build AI functions into your public services in ways that are transparent, auditable and keep humans in-the-loop, so you can benefit from the power of AI in a way that you and your users can trust.

Take control of your data

Plan✕ gives you as many ways as possible to use your structured data. Connect it to the tools you already use, from email inboxes and FTP servers to integration platforms like FME or Microsoft Power Platform.
No lock-ins, ever.

Open source

Plan✕ is open source, and proudly non-profit. You know you're getting the best technology at a fair price. Plan✕ is aligned with the principles of the local digital declaration.

Made with planners

Plan✕ has been developed with local planning authorities, supported by MHCLG.  ‍Open Digital Planning is a community of planning authorities building open source software and services together. It is driven by a shared ambition to improve planning, and create an open data ecosystem.

Find out more about Open Digital Planning

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