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Exploring the use of Business Intelligence within a planning department

Kevin Buckthorpe, modified 4 Years ago.

Exploring the use of Business Intelligence within a planning department

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Wycombe District Council are seeking interested Local Authorities to be partners on our Local Digital Fund application to explore the use of Business Intelligence (BI) within a planning department to better inform decision making.

Large quantities of data are recorded during the planning process, but this data is often difficult to access, interpret and use in decision making. 

Currently, data reporting in planning is typically periodic, retrospective and time consuming. The reports are typically static representations, often just tables of numbers, with no useable link to the source data. The data shown in reports is often aggregated with no means to ‘drill down’, preventing the detailed analysis of performance or causes and effects. In summary, this wealth of data is massively underused in decision making. 

If you would like to be a partner on our application, please contact emily.hadley@wycombe.gov.uk by 5pm on Friday 13 September 2019.