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Wed, 06 May 2009 14:42:39 +0000

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By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:48:08 +0000

I think both are important – making data available in standard formats should be an underpinning principle for all council websites. As for need to build a better interface, I think councils should, but equally with an efficiency/joined up hat on I’d question if there’s something that meets requirements in a different way from each council building their own, then that’s worth investigating.

By: Shane McCracken

Shane McCracken — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:45:19 +0000

Thanks for the explanation.

I wonder what the first reaction from councils would be. Would it be to build a better interface to better communicate planning issues or to provide the planning data in a standard format so that anyone could use how they thought best?

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 01 May 2009 07:35:38 +0000

Hi Shane,
Not sure if control was Mike or me – it was a bit frantic getting it all down as he spoke and I may not have captured all the nuances quite right!

The context in which planning alerts was mentioned was as while it’s a great site for users, this shouldn’t actually be necessary if it was done properly in the first place by councils. Mike’s challenge to the audience was to think about what impression it creates of the council because the planning alerts site does a better job than the council itself.

cheers
sw

By: jims2cents (Jim Marshall)

jims2cents (Jim Marshall) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:51:09 +0000

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By: Shane McCracken

Shane McCracken — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:51:07 +0000

Simon,

What were the impacts mentioned about PlanningAlerts? I don’t know if it was you or Mike Saunt that used “control”, but PlanningAlerts doesn’t control interaction. It simply distributes information that previously was poorly distributed. The de facto choice of PlanningPortal did not deliver for citizens as well so a need was perceived and a solution built. For free.

Shane

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liz_azyan (Liz Azyan) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:05:21 +0000

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