e-planning - Pendleton Survey Criteria

As part of the Implementing e-Government agenda, Pendleton Associates have drawn up a set of criteria to measure progress with e-enabling local authority planning services.

In 2005, an independent survey of all Local Planning Authority websites took place, North East Lincolnshire Council achieved 10 of 21 criteria in Pendleton's national survey. The Authority was previously awarded a grant which has been partially re-invested to provide an enhanced electronic delivery of planning services in the forthcoming year. Since that time there has been a process of ongoing improvements.

The following shows each of the pendleton criteria and whether North East Lincolnshire Council is currently meeting them. If we have met the criteria a link to the appropriate page is given.

Criterion 1 - Planning page accessible from the council home page.
North East Lincolnshire's Position - Achieved - North East Lincolnshire's homepage has a direct link to Planning shown down the side of the homepage.

Criterion 2 - Online register of planning applications lodged with the Authority.
North East Lincolnshire's Position - Achieved - Achieved via our Weekly Applications lists.

Criterion 3 - Ability to view online any drawings, photos and documents accompanying a planning application.
North East Lincolnshire's Position - Achieved - Achieved via documents on our Weekly Applications lists.

Criterion 4 - Online register of planning appeals against the council's decisions lodged with the Planning Inspectorate.
North East Lincolnshire's Position -Achieved - Planning Appeals - Link to The Planning Portal Appeals Site.  NE Lincolnshire Appeals - Link to Council's own appeals site. and via our Weekly Application lists,

Criterion 5 - Ability to submit comments on planning applications electronically.
North East Lincolnshire's Position -Achieved - via Weekly Applications Online planning application comments form.

Criterion 6 - Ability to monitor the progress of planning applications online.
North East Lincolnshire's Position - Achieved - Current Application Progress.

Criterion 7 - Online register of applications determined by the council.
North East Lincolnshire's Position - Achieved - Achieved via our Weekly Applications lists.

Criterion 8 - Ability to view statutory decision notices online.
North East Lincolnshire's Position - Achieved - Achieved via documents on our Weekly Applications lists.

Criterion 9 - Ability to view planning permission conditions or reasons for refusal online.
North East Lincolnshire's Position - Achieved - via our Conditions and reasons register.

Criterion 10 - Ability to view planning officer's reports on the committee agenda.
North East Lincolnshire's Position - Achieved - Planning Agenda - select the relevant committee date then planning officer report.

Criterion 11 - Planning Committee Schedule.
North East Lincolnshire's Position - Achieved - Planning Committee - select schedule of meetings.

Criterion 12 - Committee minutes.
North East Lincolnshire's Position - Achieved - Planning Agenda - select the relevant committee date then minutes.

Criterion 13 - Online planning guidance designed to answer basic planning enquiries.
North East Lincolnshire's Position - Achieved - Advice - or FAQ for some general planning queries or How the Planning System works.

Criterion 14 - Ability to fill out and submit planning applications online.
North East Lincolnshire's Position - Achieved - via link to the Planning Portal.

Criterion 15 - Downloadable copies of standard planning forms available online.
North East Lincolnshire's Position - Achieved - Planning application forms and guidance notes. Select relevant download.

Criterion 16 - Online facility to pay statutory application fee alongside electronically submitted applications.
North East Lincolnshire's Position - Achieved - via Planning Portal site.  This feature will come up automatically at the end of the process for completing an online application.

Criterion 17 - Ability to attach drawings, photographs and documents associated with the online application to an electronic application.
North East Lincolnshire's Position - Achieved - via Planning Portal site. A clipboard to attached drawings and associated documents will appear automatically towards the end of the online application form.

Criterion 18 - Local Plan text is available online.
North East Lincolnshire's Position - Achieved - Local Plan - Select relevant Policy Topic area.

Criterion 19 - Local Plan map is available online.
North East Lincolnshire's Position - Achieved - Local Plan - relevant select proposals map or relevant inset map.

Criterion 20 - Is the proposals map linked to policy.
North East Lincolnshire's Position - Achieved - North East Lincolnshire Local Plan

Criterion 21 - Usable proposals map.
North East Lincolnshire's Position - Achieved - North East Lincolnshire Local Plan. The large scale proposals map can be drilled down to a navigable detailed scale and users can use the view key to access spatial policy guide.