We are working to transform the UK planning system. Planning is one of the most fundamental layers of democracy, and yet our planning system is famous for being slow, opaque and inaccessible, especially to those who don’t have money or time.
Open Systems Lab is working with local planning authorities and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) to build the first fully digital planning services. That means services that are simpler, more transparent, and more accessible, allowing users to submit information as structured, machine-readable data, instead of as long, impenetrable PDF documents.
They are also some of the first ‘Rules as code’ services in the world: that means they can pre-check schemes against the relevant planning legislation and policy.
To make that possible, we are building Plan✕, a platform that allows planning authorities to write, operate and collaborate on shared ‘rules as code’ planning services as flowcharts. A kind of Github for public services and policies.
With the first services now in public BETA, we‘re looking for a talented, creative javascript developer to take a key role in building a new, potentially transformative piece of open source digital infrastructure that we hope will leave the planning system – and democracy – changed for the better.
Got questions? Not sure if you quite fit this role? Get in touch. Or just apply anyway.
enquiries@opensystemslab.io
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