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ePlanning and Myplan.ie Presentation at the Permanent Committee on the Cadaster Conference Dublin, 20 June 2013 Niall Cussen Department of Environment, Community and Local Government. O verview of Presentation. ePlanning and the Reform Agenda Myplan.ie Concluding Comment.
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ePlanning and Myplan.ie Presentation at the Permanent Committee on the Cadaster Conference Dublin, 20 June 2013 Niall Cussen Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Overview of Presentation ePlanning and the Reform Agenda Myplan.ie Concluding Comment
ePlanning and the Reform Agenda “Doing More with Less…” Programme for Government: public service reform National Reform Action Plan (integration of (spatial) data collection) eGovernment Strategy (2012) Spatial Information Working Group ePlanningProgramme Board INSPIRE www.myplan.ie
Myplan.ie - Overview A free Internet based national planning information service Irish planning system Three main aspects to the Irish planning system – forward planning; planning applications; enforcement - Myplan.ie focusses on the forward planning aspect Target audiences professionals involved in the planning process, development community & citizens Myplan.ie delivers: Information of relevance in the form of documents or links – web pages An ability for the user to interact with spatial planning information - geobrowser
Myplan.ie - Background Launched 4 April 2012 Usage 400 – 700 users per working day 75%+ are previous users Increasing over the months Local Authorities LAs played a key role in contributing data Governance Myplan.ie Project Board Board is a sub-committee of the ePlanning Committee
Myplan.ie – Current Datasets Generalized Zone Types (LAs) Zoning (LAs) Plan images (LAs) Planning applications (LAs) Plan areas (LAs) Residential density Residential phasing (LAs) Address points (GeoDirectory) Unfinished housing (DoECLG) Schools (Dept Education and Science) Undeveloped housing land (DoECLG National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (Dept Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht) National Monuments (Dept Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht) Indicative flooding (OPW) Designated areas (Dept Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht) Census (CSO) Boundaries (various) Reference mapping - topo map, orthoimagery, historical maps (OSi)
Myplan.ie – Current Tools Layer control Find an address Find an area Identify all layer data relevant at a certain point Google Streetview Draw and measure Reporting tool which provides the areas of zones, number of address points by type in each zone etc Bookmark Print
Myplan.ie – What next Top priority Maintain the current system, keeping data accurate and up to date Priority Incorporate planning applications and enforcement Add new datasets Northern Ireland zoning Undeveloped housing land 2012 Record of Protected Structures Land ownership Water and wastewater infrastructure Stages through which Plans proceed in the plan making process Etc Device independent viewing (mobile phones and tablets) Adding new/updated documents to the web pages
Concluding Comments Reform agenda Potential for use of spatial data is largely untapped across government Department will participate fully in supporting the more widespread and effective use of spatial data as required under the reform agenda Open Data Department is committed to making planning data freely and widely available Visit www.myplan.ie Thank You