If we’re making a journey, looking for the nearest restaurant, wanting to know what’s around us, we can simply “google map it”. That’s the easy-to-use concept that we had in mind at Agile when we developed Agile GIS for business use. We wanted to bring intuitive GIS to the desktop with a system that makes it […]
In June this year, the University of Eindhoven announced its plans to 3D print affordable housing units in what they claim is “the world’s first commercial housing project based on 3D concrete printing” https://www.tue.nl/en/university/news-and-press/news/eindhoven-gets-the-first-3d-concrete-printing-housing-project/. New London Architecture has developed an interactive model of the future development of the capital https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-43820267/3d-model-reveals-london-s-future-skyline allowing planners and residents to […]
There is an obvious need in the UK to build more houses. Since the Barker Review in 2004, policy makers, academics and politicians across the board have recognised the need to significantly increase the supply of new homes in order to meet current and future housing needs, and limit further dramatic increases in housing costs. […]
Deciphering the jargon and understanding exactly what’s being said when you first join or deal with a Planning or Building Control department can be difficult. We’ve created this glossary as your go-to source of information for when your colleagues are using industry terms that you haven’t yet mastered: A Adoption: Final confirmation of a development […]
Planning departments are continually changing. Different working methods are being adopted to manage the increased workload, and the pressure on planning teams is heavier than ever before. In the first of our new ‘Day in the Life’ series, we thought we would take a look at what a modern planning department looks like. Traditionally, […]
We’d like to congratulate our planning software users, Snowdonia National Park and Dudley MBC, both of whom won awards at this year’s annual RTPI Conference. Snowdonia was awarded for Excellence in Planning for Community and Well Being for their work on a new primary school initiative with Gwynedd Council. The project has delivered “an integrated […]
We’re the inheritors of fabulous landscapes and wild places, ancient monuments, and buzzing urban spaces, but how do we conserve our island home and still live in a 21st-century world economy? As we build more houses, offices and factories, we’re creating new problems; producing more wastewater and potentially toxic runoff, paving over gardens, relying on […]
Worcestershire County continues the drive to achieve the best value and improve access for citizens with the award of the contract to supply Planning software to Agile Applications. The Agile Applications solution provides comprehensive planning, enforcements, and pre-applications functionality with additional features for managing site/condition monitoring and legal agreements. The new online functionality means that […]
The London Legacy Development Corporation acts as the planning authority for the area around and including Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The LLDC were looking for a system that would provide a platform for improved business processes and so help them to ensure delivery of a streamlined service to the public by highlighting bottlenecks and potential […]