1. Danny Moody, CEO, Northamptonshire County Association of Local Councils & Ray Smith, Strategy & Development Director, 2commune Limited

2. NN ONE Connecting Council Information In Northamptonshire Challenges Increasing pressure on Local Councils to deliver services & to work in partnership with higher tier Local Authorities. Parish Plans Localism (Devolution of Services, Community Rights) Neighbourhood Planning (CIL) Statutory role in planning process (planning meetings) Limited capacity (of local councils)

3. NN ONE Connecting Council Information In Northamptonshire NN ONE NN One is a project aimed at increasing the capacity of Local Councils in Northamptonshire. ‘Exploitation’ of technology will enable local councils to become more efficient and effective, higher tier authorities will benefit from improved communications. Lead partner: NCALC Replicate the proven ‘Leicestershire Model’ to provide a county wide: Database of local council contacts (with real time feed) A – Z of Services directory View of undecided planning applications

4. Vision Demolish the ‘Brick Walls’ Customer location Same information on all sites – builds loyalty Cross border co-operation Short and comfortable ‘customer journey’ No Cul-de-sacs Avoidable contact Channel shift to ‘self serve’ NN ONE Connecting Council Information In Northamptonshire

5. Leicestershire NWLCharnwoodMeltonRutlandHarborough Oadby & Wigston BlabyCity Hinckley & Bosworth Community Forums L&RALC Website Open Data Store Postings API UKLC (localcouncils.org) A – Z Aggregator Planning Aggregator Location API GOV.UK Components shown in green are supplied by 2commune

6. UK Local Councils (www.localcouncils.org) UK Local Councils (UKLC) is a platform built to equip local councils with the tools and knowledge to deliver high quality, online information and services to the communities that they serve. Technology infrastructure joins up information and service delivery across the three tiers of local government. Home to local council websites engineered to 'exploit' the connectivity provided by the infrastructure's architecture. Facilitates a community of professional local council web authors, working together to share knowledge, experience and best practice to deliver continually improving quality of information and services to their customers.

7. Technology Infrastructure

8. Local Council Websites

9. Planning Aggregator ‘Harvests’ data from authorities Aggregates applications Feeds local council nodes of UKLC Links directly back to ‘back end data’ Aggregated XML output for use by partners NN ONE Connecting Council Information In Northamptonshire

10. Aggregated Output

11. NN ONE Connecting Council Information In Northamptonshire Technology AuthorityCMSPlanningParishes Northamptonshire CC??262 East Northamptonshire DCJaduIDOX51 Corby BCFirmstepIDOX7 Kettering BCJadu?26 Wellingborough BCJaduNorthgate18 Daventry DC?Swift73 Northampton BCJadu?9 South Northamptonshire DC??78

12. NN ONE Connecting Council Information In Northamptonshire Contribution A small contribution is required from each partner authority to assist with making NN ONE sustainable in Northamptonshire. Connection set up fee (variable one off) £600 + VAT per day UKLC Infrastructure annual usage fee £500 + VAT per year (per authority)

13. NN ONE Connecting Council Information In Northamptonshire Progress to date Northamptonshire infrastructure in place (includes planning aggregator) Node set up for every local council in Northamptonshire A – Z Services on all local council nodes NCALC website WIP (Local Council contact XML feed) Next steps: i.Authorities to make planning feeds available ii.Authorities to ‘consume’ aggregated feeds (A-Z & planning) and local council contact details iii.Authorities to use postings API

14. NN ONE Connecting Council Information In Northamptonshire Demonstration Live demonstration of planning applications http://anstey.leicestershireparishcouncils.org/parish-planning-applications.html

15. NN ONE Connecting Council Information In Northamptonshire Benefits To Local Planning Authorities Greater community awareness of planning applications Parish councillors better able to contextualise Greater public engagement in the planning process Better informed comments on planning applications Shared responsibility for publicising applications Increased cross-border awareness