Module: Planning

Serengeti Systems have developed a solution specifically for Local Authority Planning Departments. This solution has been developed in-conjunction with our clients based on the Pendleton specification, and extends the core e-intranet Document Management Solution.

The functionality of the solution has been developed focussing on allowing all Users to process and manage documents (both electronic and scanned) based on their needs and processes.

The e-intranet Planning Solution has been developed as a complete package, providing all functionality required and full integration with Planning Application Systems.

Features include:

Scanning & Indexing

The e-intranet Planning Solution provides full scanning and document capture capability regardless of format of incoming document.

As documents are received the solution provides full

The scanning process supports the capture of all Application Forms (including 1App) as well as correspondence and drawings, from A5 to A0.

Document Management

e-intranet is a powerful, yet user-friendly document management system that can handle version control, fine-grain security, multi-format file types and more - all accessible via a standard Web-browser.

Full functionality includes:

Integration with Business Applications

Serengeti Systems have many years experience of integrating the e-intranet Document Management solution with most leading business applications.

Serengeti Systems are a strategic partner to Northgate Information Systems and both companies have invested in the integration of e-intranet into their systems making it a preferred choice of EDMS for their M3 Planning systems. This offers a unique level of integration through Web Services that provides a total repository for all Planning files and all incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Image Viewer - Annotation & Measurement

As part of the review process, Officers may require the facility to be able to measure, annotate and comment upon documents/plans. Included within the e-intranet Planning solution is the facility to be able to view, annotate and measure the documents.

The annotation includes: Text, Sticky Notes, Stamps, Images, Highlighting, etc.

Measurement includes, distances, perimeters, areas, angles, etc. The tool allows full calibration based on the scale of the drawing.

All changes to the documents are recorded within the Audit Trail and full version history is provided to shows documents at the various stages.

Redaction - This facility also provided the ability to redact selected areas of the documents prior to display if required.

Public Access

To complement the internal integration between the Planning System and the e-intranet Document Management System a further optional module has been developed to provide Public Access to both the applications data as well as the documents.

The Public User has the option to search and view details of the Application via the website. As well as viewing the details of the application the User also has the option to select View Documents.

The documents are displayed based on the permissions that have been applied internally. Only those documents, which are held with Public permissions, are made available. This ensures that any sensitive or contentious documents are not displayed.