Merge pull request #353 from digital-land/roadmap-performance-update-…

…feb-2025

Q4 24/25 update to roadmap and performance pages

application/templates/pages/about/performance.md

@@ -1,48 +1,44 @@
 Performance indicators show how the planning data platform is making it easier to find, use and trust planning and housing data in England.
 
-Last updated 10 October 2024.
+Last updated 7 February 2025. Previous count 10 October 2024.
 
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 ## Availability
 
 We index planning and housing datasets provided by multiple organisations in England.
 
 Many datasets have one owner providing the data nationally. There are 8 datasets compiled from data sources provided by local planning authorities (LPAs) across England.
 
-### 93 datasets on the platform
+### 100 datasets on the platform
 
-93 datasets available from 377 organisations. <!--? added last month (+/-0%). -->
+100 datasets available from 382 organisations. 7 more datasets added since last count. 5 more organisations providing data since last count. <!--? added last month (+/-0%). -->
 
-155 data sources out of 584 provided by 37 local planning authorities. 17 up from last count (+12%).
+229 data sources out of 584 provided by 50 local planning authorities. 74 more data sources added since last count.
 
-4 new local planning authorities providing data from last count (+5%).
+13 new local planning authorities providing data from last count.
 
-You can [help identify and design data](https://www.planning.data.gov.uk/) that would be useful on the platform.
+You can [help identify and design data](https://design.planning.data.gov.uk/how-to-contribute) that would be useful on the platform.
 
 ## Quality
 
 We check data sources for issues and help data owners improve the quality. This increases the quality and trustworthiness of the data at national scale. For example, we check for invalid dates, geometries that fall outside of administrative boundaries, and identify duplicate entities that need reconciling.
 
-<!-- ### ?? out of ?? quality score -->
-
-64 data sources on the platform with no issues (40%). <!-- 8 fixed last month (+15%). -->
-
-85 data sources on the platform conform to the specifications (48%). <!-- 2 improved last month (+2%). -->
-
-<!-- 00 datasets up to date (0%). 00 updated last month (+/-0%). -->
+We are revising our data quality metrics and will publish the performance soon.
 
 ## Coverage
 
 We aim to provide datasets from authoritative sources covering the entirety of England. We’re currently working with 73 out of 311 local planning authorities to start providing 8 datasets nationally.
 
+We are revising our data coverage metrics and will publish the performance soon.
+
 <!-- ### ??% nationwide coverage -->
 
 <!-- 5% average dataset coverage per local planning authority. No change from last month. -->
 
-Datasets compiled from LPA sources:
+<!-- Datasets compiled from LPA sources:
 
 * 4% coverage of Article 4 direction. No change from last month.
 * 9% coverage of Article 4 direction area. Up from 8% last count.
@@ -51,11 +47,11 @@ Datasets compiled from LPA sources:
 * 6% coverage of Listed building outline. No change from last month.
 * 4% coverage of Tree preservation order. Up from 3% last count.
 * 6% coverage of Tree preservation zone. Up from 5% last count.
-* 5% coverage of Tree. Up from 4% last count.
+* 5% coverage of Tree. Up from 4% last count. -->
 
 <!-- ## Usage
 
-0.00 average daily calls. +/-0% change from last month. -->
+0.00 average daily calls. +/-0% change from last month.
 
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application/templates/pages/about/roadmap.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ This roadmap shows our current plans for making it easier to find, use and trust
 
 We work in 3-month cycles and we aim to update this roadmap every 3 months. Our plans can change based on what we learn from speaking to our users, testing iterations, and how we can better deliver on our mission.
 
-Last updated 4 October 2024.
+Last updated 7 February 2025.
 
 ## Local planning authorities (LPAs)
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ We’re encouraging all LPAs in England to provide planning and housing data.
 
 We are designing and collecting data that is valuable to housing and planning, and improving the quantity of [data on the platform](https://www.planning.data.gov.uk/dataset/).
 
-We regularly ask our community to help us decide the things we need to work on and tell us what they need from the data. Read our [code of conduct](https://github.com/digital-land/data-standards-backlog/discussions/47) to see how you can contribute.
+We regularly ask our community to help us decide the things we need to work on and tell us what they need from the data. See [how you can contribute](https://design.planning.data.gov.uk/how-to-contribute) and [get an existing dataset onto planning.data.gov.uk](https://design.planning.data.gov.uk/how-to-get-existing-datasets-on-to-planning-data-gov-uk).
 
 ### Now
 
@@ -25,36 +25,38 @@ We are working with LPA partners to provide data for these areas:
 -   [Article 4 directions](/dataset/article-4-direction) and their [areas](/dataset/article-4-direction-area)
 -   [tree preservation orders](/dataset/tree-preservation-order)
 
-We are improving the visibility, participation and robustness of the [data design process](https://design.planning.data.gov.uk/data-design-process). We are also taking more data specifications related to local planning through our design process. You can take a look at [data specifications we’re working on now](https://design.planning.data.gov.uk/what-we-are-working-on#:~:text=you%20can%20contribute.-,Working%20on%20now,-These%20are%20the).
+We are also working with an [advisory group](https://design.planning.data.gov.uk/advisory-group) to develop a set of open, reusable data specifications to underpin planning applications. We're continuing to add [local plan boundaries, documents and timetables](https://www.planning.data.gov.uk/entity/?dataset=local-plan-boundary&dataset=local-plan-document&dataset=local-plan-timetable&entry_date_day=&entry_date_month=&entry_date_year=) to the platform.
 
-### Next
+We are making it easier for data consumers and planning policymakers to get involved in our [data design process](https://design.planning.data.gov.uk/data-design-process). We are also taking more data specifications related to local planning through the [Screen and Research stages](https://design.planning.data.gov.uk/planning-consideration/?stage=Screen&stage=Research&stage=%5B%27screen%27%5D) of our process. 
+
+Based on our [data quality framework](https://digital-land.github.io/technical-documentation/data-operations-manual/Explanation/Key-Concepts/Data-quality-needs/#measuring-data-quality), we're introducing checks and changes to data management processes that will ensure the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of all datasets. 
 
-You can take a look at [data specifications emerging as priorities](https://design.planning.data.gov.uk/what-we-are-working-on#:~:text=Planning%20applications%20%26%20decisions-,Emerging%20priorities,-These%20are%20the), based on department objectives and our analysis of what will add the most value.
+### Next
 
-We will research how easy the platform is for data consumers and planning policymakers to use, so that we can understand how the platform is being used currently and how well it meets their needs.
+We'll be adding more datasets needed by the Planning Inspectorate and nationally significant infrastructure projects (consultees and geographies). We will draft a template Statutory Instrument for potential data standards.
 
 ## Platform
 
 ### Now
 
-We are making it possible to rebuild our data quickly and reliably, in hours not days. We are also increasing the number of [title boundaries](https://www.planning.data.gov.uk/dataset/title-boundary) available on the platform after scaling our infrastructure. We have been making performance improvements to our API and will continue to work on the highest priority issues experienced by applications.
+We are making it possible to rebuild our data quickly and reliably, in hours not days. We are also increasing the number of [title boundaries](https://www.planning.data.gov.uk/dataset/title-boundary) available on the platform after scaling our infrastructure. We're also making [our service for data providers](https://submit.planning.data.gov.uk) more responsive and reducing the time it takes to deploy changes to infrastructure.
+
+We are improving the guidance in [our service for data providers](https://submit.planning.data.gov.uk) and introducing email notifications, which will make it easier for local planning authorities to understand, address and improve the quality of the data they’ve provided. We're also bringing the data quality checks into the service, meaning local planning authorities can prepare and provide smaller datasets sooner, increasing the amount of authoritative data available on the platform.
 
-We will develop a framework so that we can show the quality and trustworthiness of data on the platform, including how it improves over time. We will reduce operational bottlenecks when managing data, and continue to add datasets to the platform quickly. We will also focus on updating the brownfield land data available on the platform.
+We are partnering with the Incubator for AI, exploring how to use generative artificial intelligence to extract data from planning documents.
 
-We will increase the range of datasets that local planning authorities can check and provide to the platform. We will also help local planning authorities understand and act on issues with the datasets they’ve provided. We will do this through [our service for data providers](https://submit.planning.data.gov.uk).
+We are running a discovery to understand the value of the platform for policymakers, analysts, and property companies, and to provide more valuable features for PropTech companies, supporting a growing market of planning products and services using open data we make available. 
 
 ### Next
 
-- We will draft a template Statutory Instrument for potential data standards
+- We will make it possible for local planning authorities to provide planning applications and decisions through our service
+- We will add new features that make it easier for people to consume the data, based on the findings from our discovery
 - We will explain the principles that guide us in making planning and housing data easy to find at a national scale
-- We will explain our quality-checking processes and the development stages for certain datasets, making what we do transparent so that the data is easier to trust
-- We will work with data consumers to iterate our API, supporting a growing market of planning products and services using open data we make available
+- We will further explain our quality-checking processes and the development stages for certain datasets, making what we do transparent so that the data is easier to trust
 
 ### Later
 
 - We will explore alternative options for warehousing reporting data to make it cheaper to run the platform
-- We will investigate how we might filter geographical features outside of the organisation boundary
 - We will make users more aware of how their data is benefitting other people and organisations
-- We will explore better ways of searching and finding documents on the site
 
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