Council Planning Site finally moves beyond Internet Explorer

Woking's Updated Public Access for Planning System

After a wait of more than 3 years Woking Council finally has a planning access system that works on modern browsers.

For the last few years we have been stuck with  a system that only worked on older versions of Internet Explorer.  Residents wanting to view the documents of a planning application had to revert from browsers such as Chrome and Firefox to the older browser.  



I first raised the incompatibility issue back at the end of 2010 after residents highlighted a problem.  My research at the time informed me that the supplier of the system used by Woking would be upgrading.  I was then told that the upgrade wasn't to happen for over a year.  A ridiculously long time to wait.

Worse was to come.  A long way towards the promised upgrade data, the supplier announced there was to be no upgrade.  A new supplier was required, and this was actioned by the incoming new Head of Planning.

It has all taken much longer than it should have done but I am pleased that we now have a system that makes planning application documents accessible to the public.