{"id":73282,"date":"2020-03-16T08:10:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T08:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=73282"},"modified":"2020-03-16T08:10:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T08:10:07","slug":"digital-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/digital-projects\/73282\/","title":{"rendered":"Six councils get slice of \u00a31.2m for innovative digital projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Six councils across the UK will receive a share of\u00a0\u00a31.2m\u00a0to drive innovative digital projects to improve public services, the government has announced<\/h2>\n<p>Each council\u00a0will receive\u00a0a\u00a0grant of up to \u00a3350,000\u00a0to spearhead existing projects\u00a0that will benefit residents by harnessing digital technology to create smoother ways to deliver public services\u00a0such as\u00a0housing repairs and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/design-planning-process\/67191\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">planning process<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The six councils will\u00a0lead the digital projects\u00a0while also working in partnership\u00a0with 14 other councils across the country, bringing\u00a0together expertise and sharing\u00a0the results.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement builds on the \u00a32.5m already invested in local authority projects through the Local Digital Fund. A total of 23 projects have been funded since the fund\u2019s launch in 2018, all working to improve the way councils deliver services for residents.<\/p>\n<p>Local government minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/simon-clarke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simon Clarke<\/a>, said: \u201cDigital technology has enormous potential to benefit society and improve our lives in countless ways and I\u00a0am\u00a0determined that councils harness its potential too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why I have announced \u00a31.2m for councils to continue their work on truly innovative projects to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/digital-planning-manifesto\/66046\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">improve public services<\/a> for people across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Councils receiving funding in this round include:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwark.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Southwark Council<\/a>\u00a0will receive\u00a0an additional \u00a3350,000 to\u00a0improve\u00a0the\u00a0planning application system\u00a0by\u00a0developing better ways of recording and using information.\u00a0The\u00a0council\u00a0has\u00a0developed a prototype and will now test it with\u00a0a small group of\u00a0users. They\u00a0are\u00a0working with\u00a0Hackney Council, the Greater London Authority, and Surrey Heath Borough Council.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lambeth.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lambeth Council<\/a>\u00a0will receive\u00a0an additional\u00a0\u00a3350,000\u00a0to\u00a0design a\u00a0system\u00a0that can filter out\u00a0incomplete or invalid\u00a0planning applications. They\u00a0have\u00a0developed a prototype and will now test it\u00a0with\u00a0users.\u00a0They\u00a0are working\u00a0with Wycombe District Council, Southwark Council, Lewisham Council, and Camden Council.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Royal Borough of Greenwich\u00a0<\/a>will receive\u00a0an additional\u00a0\u00a350,000 to develop a better way for residents to report housing repairs online. They\u00a0have\u00a0made a prototype and will now test it\u00a0with\u00a0users. They\u00a0are\u00a0working\u00a0with the City of Lincoln Council, Southwark Council, and South Kesteven District Council.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buckscc.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buckinghamshire\u00a0County Council<\/a>\u00a0will\u00a0receive an additional\u00a0\u00a3250,000\u00a0to\u00a0produce an online directory of support services\u00a0to make them easier to find.\u00a0They\u00a0have developed a\u00a0prototype\u00a0and will now test it with users. They\u00a0are working with\u00a0Adur\u00a0and Worthing Council, Croydon Council, and Leeds City Council.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.croydon.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Croydon Council<\/a>\u00a0will\u00a0receive\u00a0an additional\u00a0\u00a3100,000\u00a0to improve how computer code is shared between councils\u00a0to boost\u00a0public services.\u00a0They\u00a0will develop a prototype and\u00a0are\u00a0working\u00a0with Brighton and Hove City Council, Bracknell Forest Council, and Oxford City Council.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnsley.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barnsley Metropolitan Council<\/a>\u00a0will\u00a0receive\u00a0an additional \u00a3100,000 to produce a new digital system to manage\u00a0council payments\u00a0that is easier for residents to use and saves time.\u00a0They\u00a0will\u00a0develop a prototype\u00a0and\u00a0are working\u00a0with\u00a0Dorset County Council and Huntingdonshire District Council.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The digital projects are part of a drive to improve council services for residents in the future.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six councils across the UK will receive a share of\u00a0\u00a31.2m\u00a0to drive innovative digital projects to improve public services, the government has announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[276,656,679,649,567],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-73282","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-government","8":"tag-housing","9":"tag-local-plan","10":"tag-planning-applications","11":"tag-planning-system"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Six councils get slice of \u00a31.2m for innovative digital projects<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Six councils across the UK will receive a share of\u00a0\u00a31.2m\u00a0to drive innovative digital projects to improve public services, the government has announced\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/digital-projects\/73282\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Six councils get slice of \u00a31.2m for innovative digital projects\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Six councils across the UK will receive a share of\u00a0\u00a31.2m\u00a0to drive innovative digital projects to improve public services, the government has announced\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/digital-projects\/73282\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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