Develops national planning cloud

RNS Number : 7299G

IDOX PLC

17 May 2011

 



17 May 2011

IDOX plc

Develops national planning e-consultation cloud

IDOX plc (AIM: IDOX, 'IDOX' or the 'Company'), a leading independent supplier of software and services to the UK public sector and other markets, is developing a national e-consultation cloud that will allow all planning process stakeholders to complete both internal and external consultations online.

IDOX's national Consultee Cloud will notify consultees of relevant planning applications and allow viewing of application details and creation of responses to planning applications - all returned electronically to the local planning authority. The service will be launched in June and go fully live in September, replacing the Government-run e-consultation hub that was closed last December.  Commitment or expressions of interest have already been received from over 75% of statutory consultee bodies including English Heritage, Sport England and The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.

The Consultee Cloud builds on the Company's extensive relationships with local planning authorities. More than 250 planning departments use IDOX software and around 100 local authorities use IDOX Consultee Access software, which speeds up and simplifies the local authority planning consultation process, integrates with IDOX Public Access and back-office planning products and provides an effective engagement channel for the planning process.

Richard Kellett-Clarke, CEO of IDOX, said:

"Planning is our core business and we are convinced there are significant business efficiencies and savings to be gained from providing an automated consultation solution, compared with the manual or basic electronic processes currently operated by many stakeholders.  The myriad different approaches to consultation can make life very difficult, especially for smaller consultees.  We are committed to encouraging further take-up of the Consultee Cloud and are working with local authorities and consultees to deliver the full benefits of e-planning."

Enquiries:

IDOX plc	[phone]
Martin Brooks, Chairman
Richard Kellett-Clarke, Chief Executive
William Edmondson, Chief Financial Officer
Investec Investment Banking	[phone]
Andrew Pinder Patrick Robb Cara Griffiths
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Charles Cunningham (Corporate Finance)
Stephen Norcross (Corporate Broking)
College Hill	[phone]
Kay Larsen / Rozi Morris

About IDOX plc

Idox plc is a supplier of software solutions and services to the UK public sector and increasingly to the wider corporate sector. It is the leading applications provider to local government for core functions relating to land, people and property, such as its market leading planning systems and election management software. Over 90% of UK local authorities are now customers.

The Group provides public sector organisations with tools to manage information and knowledge, documents and content, business processes and workflow as well as connecting directly with the citizen via the web.

These capabilities have been recently extended via the acquisition of McLaren Software into the related area of engineering document management and control applications, serving many leading international companies in industries such as oil & gas, mining, utilities, pharmaceuticals and transportation.

Idox also supplies decision support content and additional specialist services via the Idox Information Solutions business, as well as transforming approaches to knowledge and content management via consultancy and training in the UK and internationally.

In addition, it provides these specialist skills to customers through its TFPL branded recruitment division.

For more information see www.idoxgroup.com

 

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