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. Make the case for Plan✕ within your LPA

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

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

5. Create your Plan✕ workspace

6. Tell us about your team

7. Tell us about your Article 4 directions

8. Get approval from your IT team

9. Set up custom subdomains

10. Sign agreement

11. Raise a Purchase Order

12. Attend an ‘Introduction to the Plan✕ Editor’ or a ‘Plan✕ Academy Day’ 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’.