The Problem
Kildare County Council had been operating a system used to manage application and exemptions from planning regulations. The technology behind their system was being discontinued and Kildare County Council required a new system which improved on the functionality of their old system with a simple user–friendly interface.
What We Did
Mallon employed open technology to ensure our solution would be future proof. Developed on GeoServer, SQL Server and OpenLayers we were able to create a rich web interface, utilising Ajax to provide a highly responsive system.
The system consisted of:
- A web–based data entry interface to:
- Capture and manage applications for exemptions from planning regulations
- Generate letters used to correspond with applicants
- A web–based mapping and digitisation interface to:
- Locate developments using a gazetteer lookup
- Utilise background mapping from a third–party web mapping service
- Map the locations of developments for which exemptions have been requested
- Import development boundaries from AutoCAD format files submitted by applicants
The Benefits
- Legacy system protects Kildare County Council from any future technology withdrawals
- Faster processing of applications
- Visualisation of planning process
- Reduced costs and resources saved
- Extensible solution engaging possible integration with other Kildare County Council software