Wakefield Council Procuring a Planning, Land Charges and Building Control system

Wakefield Council delivers statutory Planning and Building Control and Local Land Charges (LLC) functions across the district. The Planning Service is responsible for the processing and determination of a wide range of planning applications, appeals, enforcement cases, and associated activities including S106 and the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL).

Building Control manages applications, inspections, and compliance activities to ensure that construction work meets required standards and regulations. The Council currently processes a high volume of planning and building control applications each year, including full applications, householder developments, prior approvals, enforcement investigations, plan checks, and site inspections.

The LLC service is responsible for the maintenance of the Local Land Charges Register, ensuring its kept complete, up to date and accurate. It also receives and processes a high volume of CON29 searches each year.

The Service currently uses IDOX software for all these functions, alongside mobile applications to support Building Control site inspections. The service will shortly be responsible for administering the Building Safety Levy (BSL), and the ability to administer this process within the software is also a requirement of any software.