Press Release Date: 9th June 2009

Devon Building Control Partnership

Migrate TO SNAP!

The Devon Building Control Partnership is a local authority partnership which brings together the building control services of three Local Authorities to into one unified partnership to serve the communities of south and west Devon. The Devon Building Control Partnership was formed on 1 st April 2004 by sharing the resources of:

• South Hams District Council
• Teignbridge District Council
• West Devon Borough Council

The partnership was keen to streamline the online application process for applicant s by providing a single point for electronic submissions under the partnership name on LABC Submit-a-Plan portal. Devon Building Control partnership was also keen on streamlining the processing and online consultation of their applications so that there were delivered to a single location. The solution was simple which was to migrate the installed DataSpace systems to a SNAP! online account.

“The decision to move to SNAP! was an easy one. Two out of the three authorities in the partnership are already using installed DataSpace systems for receiving and processing electronic applications from the Submit-a-Plan portal. We have already embraced electronic consultation using DataSpace Consult On-line, however this was only configured for one of the authorities, a service we wanted to use across the partnership.

The move to SNAP! will not only provide our customers with a single point for making applications, but will also streamline all our offices by enabling to run on the same solution for receiving, processing and consulting electronically on applications. I would recommend SNAP! with DataSpace Consult On-line to all Building Control Partnerships”.

Roger Collins, Head of Partnership, Devon Building Control Partnership