# Planning Resource, DCP Online & COMPASS Subscription

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by The Planning Inspectorate.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [The Planning Inspectorate](/buyers/the-planning-inspectorate/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [HAYMARKET MEDIA GROUP LTD](/suppliers/haymarket-media-group/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £79,995
- Tender value: £79,995
- Award date: 12 February 2025
- Published: 17 February 2025
- Contract start: 12 April 2025
- Contract end: 11 April 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 2d64aa58-b87d-4459-bcd4-dd8b44e998b1-826404
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-31102408-34e1-419d-bc9d-a0874f061303

## Description

315 licences for Inspectors, Knowledge Officers, Operation Support Staff and Press Officers to ensure they are kept informed of developments within the Planning sector and able to search for and obtain old decision letters which have either been referred to by case parties or used by Inspectors for training and knowledge when carrying out similar cases themselves\. Planning Resource an online independent information resource for planning professionals in the UK, collating information from across Haymarket Media Group's built environment team including Planning, Development Control Practice \(DCP Online\) and COMPASS appeals database\. Updated daily, the site provides planning professionals with essential news, analysis, appeals, policy, data and reference guides\. Users can also subscribe to daily email bulletins\. It also includes monthly digital edition of Planning's Appeals and Legal Casebooks\. Each issue includes: Key ministerial and inspector's decisions summarised, The latest court cases summarised, Expert commentary on appeal and court decisions of particular significance\. COMPASS provides a sophisticated database of planning appeals; each appeal is fully indexed with a comprehensive description and the associated full text decision\. Appeal coverage is comprehensive from 1985 to present to include: Every Secretary of State call in and recovered appeal, all Inquiries and every hearing and selected written reps which are chosen based on a wide range of criteria including those of a particular legal interest, noteworthy content and development types\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2d64aa58-b87d-4459-bcd4-dd8b44e998b1-826404)