TwitterPlan - get planning alerts via Twitter

On 3 April 2009, In For The Community, by Dafydd Vaughan

Lichfield District Council has just launched a service that will send you a twitter message when a new planning application is received for your area. All you need to do is submit your twitter username and postcode. As the service is powered by PlanningAlerts.com, whenever a planning application is received from any of the supported councils, you will be sent a direct message from their twitter account.

The TwitterPlan service ties in really nicely with Lichfield’s existing planning service which plots applications on a Google Map and provides detailed information about each application.

This isn’t the first time that Lichfield District Council have made innovative use of twitter – recently they also launched a service that will send you a message to remind you to put your bins out for collection.

It’s great to see councils and councillors making innovative use of social media to improve the services they offer.

Thanks to @LittleLaura for the tip off!

UPDATE: You can find out more about the service at Pezholio.co.uk (thanks for @NewcastleCC for the link)

October 31, 2009 -- Lists, lists, lists and lists of lists
October 31, 2009 -- Twitter lists
May 8, 2009 -- Council type filtering and aggregated Twitter feeds

Dafydd Vaughan

Dafydd is a freelance web developer from South Wales. He has a keen interest in local politics and runs a number of websites for local businesses and communities. He works for Consumer Focus Labs, an organisation that aims to free business data and make consumer's lives easier.

Visit Authors Website | More from Dafydd Vaughan

Leave Your Response

@CllrTweeps

Really pleased to announce @CountCulture and OpenlyLocal will be taking on the Cllr Tweeps data. 2010-02-10
@hadleybeeman Well... like the phoenix... There may be some news on that soon. in reply to hadleybeeman 2010-02-09
@CountCulture Part of the stalled v3 was an open API and database so you could do that if you wanted. Is this worth continuing via email? in reply to CountCulture 2010-02-09
@CountCulture Oddly enough, that was one of the options we were discussing, but didn't think you 'hosted' data as such. in reply to CountCulture 2010-02-09
@davebriggs We listed more and were more (sensibly) location based. Most of the (now stalled) development was aimed at 'residents'. in reply to davebriggs 2010-02-09
@pigsonthewing We did have long discussions over what to do with the data, a wiki might be a good idea - though there are risks. in reply to pigsonthewing 2010-02-09
@hrvaughan Thank-you. We enjoyed doing it and are glad it was useful. in reply to hrvaughan 2010-02-09
More updates...

Sorry, Cllr Tweeps has resigned and is no longer updating this website

CllrTweeps - Finding and following the UK�s Tweeting councillors