Methodology Compound Interest Calculation (Updated October 2023)
Most legal agreements relating to land deals and developer contributions contain a paragraph that allows for the return of moneys if money collected by an authority has not been spent…
Legislation and National Planning Frameworks (NPFs) (Scotland Overview)
Scotland Overview - April 19 2023 there was a talk titled Delivering NPF4 & achieving net-zero through behavioural change The UK collaborative centre for housing evidence and the housing and…
Planning Scotland (Table of Selected main Legislation)
Here is a table listing the specified pieces of legislation, some linked to the legislative source, along with their approximate lengths: Legislation / Selected Frameworks and CircularsApproximate LengthThe Town and…
Legislative Basis – Consultations – on applications in Scotland
The following legislation sets out who should be consulted by Scottish Planning Authorities (external to the authority in question) for what applications. It goes through all the major consultees including…
IDOX – Using Public Access to Find Planning Applications
This Guide in PDF FormatDownload . A significant number of authorities in the UK have the same software that allows members of the public viewing access to most of their…
IDOX – Public Access – Online Comments
Procedure for making online comments Register online at the public planning portal sign in and then navigate to the application you are interested in e.g. 0816/FUL/24 Using your online account…
AI Experimentation Example
I thought it would be fun to show you the kind of things that I am using AI for. Here I take a visual basic script that created a set…
Postgres 4 Planners : Automating Site Constraint Checks
Introduction In terms of the Housing Land Audit , Employment land and Vacant and Derelict land it is important to quickly identify what constraints/policies and education catchment areas a site…
Geoserver Installation (Configuration for SQL Server on Windows)
Once you have your data in an Enterprise Grade database sharing that information becomes important. Some vendors, in particular Digital mapping SAAS vendors want you to transfer your data into…
Legislation – Advertising Charges for Planning Applications
Firstly the below legislation requires authorities to advertise planning applications in specific circumstances. The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure)(Scotland) Regulations 2013 Part 4 Regulation 20 Publication of application by…
Add POSTGIS extension to Azure Postgres Database – Worked Example
Firstly we need to allow for the extension on the server.Within the Azure portal navigate to server parameters Search for azure.extensions Select which extensions to addREMEMBER to save before exit! Wait…
Spatial Data Hub Scotland
Planning in the UK has for a long time suffered from a classic siloing of data by authority resulting in slow and varied analysis of information. Authorities relied on talented…
Geoserver – CREATE View
Geoserver has this really great feature whereby admins are able to create views that are held with the configuration of the Geoserver but separate from the database. This allows admins…
GeoServer and ORACLE – WFS & WMS Config Tips
This post is a brief description of my findings on setting up Geoserver from scratch and some particular points on setting it up for an Oracle connection. I hope it…
ArcGIS Online (AGOL) – Observations and Reflections
Pros I recently started using ArcGIS Online (AGOL), a platform that seems to be widely regarded as a solid choice for online mapping. So far, I’ve found its user interface…
WordPress 4 Planners – Open Source Content Management Software Made Easy
Why you need it? You want to record procedures, you need multiple people to access one source, you are struggling with version control with your current sources, you need to…
Planning Links
Some general links to planning related blogs City of Edinburgh Council Blog Lichefields Planning Matters Blog Dentons UK Planning Law Blog Martin Goodall's Planning Law Blog #planoraks Sam Stafford's Blog…
Mapping Portals & Map Constraints
Historical Environment Scotland Map Portal – Listed building / Conservation Areas / Scheduled Ancient Monuments Coal Authority Interactive Map Viewer – Coal Mining Risk Assessment High Risk Areas Sites of Special Scientific…
Postgres 4 Planners : Basics of Database Administration
A lot of organisations don’t realise this but nearly all simple datasets with more than 10 records with 10 distinct attributes which need to be regularly edited by one or…
Postgres 4 Planners : Slow Changing Dimension
Immutable Identification of Maximum/Latest Minimum/Earliest As you gain experience with SQL and database queries, their power becomes increasingly evident. However, it's important to understand that there are both optimal and…
Postgres 4 Planners : Install psql without PostgreSQL
This is a slightly more advanced topic looking at something called psql which is a command line tool which you will want to do if you are doing basic database…
Postgres 4 Planners : Developer Contributions – Flexible Database Structure for accurate Policy Record maintenance
This is my attempt at creating a Postgres database schema that can be used by any authority or planning agency to record all development contribution policies. It is more likely…
Introduction
DigitalTownPlanning.net is a website documenting my personal interest in selected aspects of urban planning with a general focus on examples of good urban design, legislation, spatial planning and planning applied…