Everything you need to do to get your services launched using Plan✕, and how to do it.

You don’t need to complete the steps in order, but some steps will block others if they have not been completed.


Getting started with Plan✕

1. Attend an ‘Introduction to Plan✕’ session

2. Decide when and how you want to use Plan✕

3. Attend a call with the Plan✕ team to share your needs and priorities

4. Make sure your GIS data is onto Planning.data.gov.uk

5. Tell us about your team

6. Tell us about your Article 4 directions

7. Get approval from your IT team

8. Set up custom subdomains

9. Sign agreement

10. Raise a Purchase Order

11. Create your Plan✕ workspace

12. Attend an ‘Introduction to the Plan✕ Editor’ session

13. Customise the appearance of your services

Guidance services

Guidance services are services that do not involve users paying a fee or submitting anything to you, such as ‘Find out if you need planning permission’.