1. E-Planning & Development Plans -
National Development Planning Forum 2014
E-Planning & Development Plans -
The Fife Experience
Craig Walker
Development Plan Team
Buildings & Development Portfolio
Fife Council Enterprise, Planning, & Protective Services

2. FIFEplan LDP Toolkit

3. FIFEplan LDP Toolkit

4. A variety of tools to interact

5. A variety of tools to interact
Development Plan E-Bulletin
Provides regular development plan news
Now over 1,220 subscribers

6. A variety of tools to interact
@fifedevplan
Social Media - Twitter
Regular tweets on plan progress to over 330 followers 6

7. A variety of tools to interact
The Fife LDP Exchange has a membership of 107 contacts across community, business, and key agency sectors 7

8. Online Development Plans - in the beginning …
Year 2000
Static electronic plans – pdf Local Plan documents and maps
Part of national OLDP project
Desired greater functionality – Limehouse Software (Objective) Fully interactive plans and consultations with mapping hosted externally
Still using Objective software
Bringing mapping fully in-house (Localview)
Consultations powered more by mapping than by text
2008
2014

9. Objective Software Manage consultee data
Create & publish documents (hard copy & online)
Create and manage online consultations
Analyse & report on consultations
One stop shop

10. Over 180 local authority customers across the UK
Scottish customers include: - Fife Council - East Ayrshire - South Ayrshire - SESplan - TAYplan - Aberdeenshire - Midlothian - South Lanarkshire
Objective are in discussions with a further 3 local authorities in Scotland.

11. The UK’s largest dedicated government engagement cloud:
1,882,669
Public Comments
19,486
Policy Documents for Consultation
Up to 33,000 comments per consultation
23,513
Consultation/
Engagement Events
Average Reduced Cost of 33% for Policy Delivery
758,635
Consultees
and counting.....

12. How Fife representations received
86% electronic submissions (online and )
2008
2014

13. Live Demonstrations:
Adopted Mid Fife Local Plan
FIFEplan Development Strategy Consultation

14. Online Interactive Plans

15. Online Interactive Plans
© Crown copyright and database rights 2013 Ordnance Survey

16. Strategy mapping consultation

21. What next for e-planning in Fife
Continuous improvement - adding and testing out new initiatives
More map driven consultations
Continued use of social media
Greater use of QR codes
User defined content (using IP address)
More tablet/mobile friendly content
Bringing Development Plan and Development Management e-planning closer together
All resulting in greater efficiency and improved performance