Data Is Evidence: Why Live Open Data is the Only Model That Can Deliver the New Generation of England’s Plan-Led System
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Data Is Evidence: Why Live Open Data is the Only Model That Can Deliver the New Generation of England’s Plan-Led System
Planning evidence shouldn’t be a depreciating stack of PDFs—it should be a strategic asset. If you are still relying on static, single-use reports that are stale before they reach examination, you aren’t just losing money; you’re risking your entire plan-led system.
"Data Over Evidence" isn't a theory—it’s a tactical blueprint for the new two-tier architecture of England's planning system. We break down how to bridge the gap between Spatial Development Strategies (SDS) and Local Plans using shared, live infrastructure that survives administrative boundary shifts.
Inside the whitepaper:
The Shared Evidence Opportunity: How to use sub-regional scale infrastructure to resolve general-conformity disputes before they become examination problems.
The Minimum Viable Evidence Base (MVEB): A 6-stage operational framework to concentrate commissioning effort only where genuine data gaps exist.
Quantitative Savings: Modelling the path to reducing evidence commissioning costs by 25 to 40 per cent per plan cycle.
Reorganisation-Proofing: Why granular, machine-readable data is the only way to build resilience against local government reorganisation and shifting devolution geographies.
Determinative Policy Drafting: Moving toward objective, nationally standardised metrics that provide the investment certainty required by institutional capital.
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