I’m off to Yorkshire on Monday for a round of golf with my Dad but I’ll be dropping in on the West Yorkshire Police in Wakefield on my way.
And no they haven’t finally caught up with me for my crimes against grammar.
I’m there to cement an agreement for an exciting re-use of our Interactive House as a Crime Prevention House. Read more…
I hope that you like the new-look blog designed by our in-house social media design and development team (Tim).
We wanted to bring the look and feel of the blog into line with the rest of the Portal before embarking on what I hope will be a more engaging experience. That means more chat from me and more input from you.
Not only does the new layout look great in my opinion, but we also have a new subscription facility which enables you to sign up to receive alerts when new posts are published.
As always I really want to hear from you so please keep the feedback coming and watch this space for more frequent posts.
We’re going to be updating this blog with a new look and feel on Wednesday morning.
The aim is to refresh the blog and make it easier to read – but more on that once we’re live.
In the meantime, you may find that the layout of the blog on Wednesday morning is a little out of kilter. Read more…
We’ve been accepting advertising on the Portal for almost two years now and it is now making a valuable contribution to our running costs.
Recently it has come to light that some LPAs are still printing off online documents and manually date stamping them. Having checked the legislation with policy colleagues, we can confirm that electronic documents do not require a “date stamp” and should be directly uploaded on to the LPA’s online application registers on their website.
We all need a helping hand from time to time. Our Service Desk is there to help you through your online application. However, often it might be quicker to check our newly revised Frequently Asked Questions http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/faq.
We’re looking at three new areas and we’d like your input to help us understand the size of the problem and opportunity.
Additional Information
Firstly we’d like you to tell us what you think of the supporting documentation provided with an application.
Just to let you know we are making some further improvements to our site which are being released next week on 1 August. Read more…
We understand that some Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) are having difficulty with scaling PDF plans and drawings correctly when printing them and instead requesting paper copies of plans.
The Planning Portal continues to see an increase in planning applications submitted online and the latest stats show that the total number soared again last year.
There were a grand total 242,694 planning applications submitted via the Portal in 2010-11 compared with 178,538 in 2009/10 – a huge increase of 36 per cent year-on-year. Read more…
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