Plantech ACOLAID Planning

Streamlining the Planning process to improve performance, achieve efficiency and maximise data accessibility for county councils, district and borough councils, and unitary authorities.

The modular structure of Plantech ACOLAID for Development Control covers the various stages of the planning process, including the validation process prior to registration, the processing of S106 agreements, appeals and the post decision monitoring of sites and conditions.

Shared information source

The system is designed to hold comprehensive data on each application. Officers can save their work in one place and share outgoing and incoming correspondence. With multiple use functionality, a number of officers can update records simultaneously.

Improving performance

Authorities rely on Plantech ACOLAID to achieve a better turnaround of planning applications. Based on Best Value Indicators (BVPI 109) as standard performance targets, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council and Wychavon District Council both gained the ODPM's 'most improved' status shortly after our software was implemented.

Planning on-line

Planning information can be made available on-line to enable the public to answer their own basic enquiries. Intranet pages can be provided to display specific details of the progress and history of applications. IDOX group is fully accredited to the Planning Portal enabling councils to increase efficiency by accepting planning applications on-line.

Spatial integration

Plantech ACOLAID for Development Control integrates with all the major GIS systems, so that planners can make use of information held on the GIS for constraints checks and for neighbour notifications.