Specify which overlay services are available for spatial searching

You can specify which overlay services and features can be used by spatial searching (also known as spatial querying or spatial answering):

  1. On the System Administration screen, click GIS Settings.

    The GIS Administration screen appears.

  2. Click Spatial Selection Setup.

    The Spatial Selection Setup screen appears.

  3. Select the application type from the System Application Type field.

    The event types for this application type are listed.

    System application types and their configurable events

    System Application Type

    Event Type

    Description

    Specific overlays

    Assets

    Asset

    Property*

    Property

     

    BCApplication

    Building Control

    ApplicationAccepted

    Application Accepted

     

    NewBCAPP*

    New BC Application

     

    OnlineBCAPP

    Online BC Application

     

    BCEnforcement

    Building Control Enforcement

    SiteHistory*

    Site History

     

    Enquiry

    Enquiry and Complaint

    NewENQ*

    New Enquiry

     

    EnqOnline

    Online Enquiry

     

    SiteHistory

    Site History

     

    Search

    Land Charges Search

    BCAppHist

    BC Application History

    • Building Control Applications

    • User Defined Overlays

    NewSearch

    New Search

    • Address BLPUs

    • AddressPoint

    • User Defined Overlays

    PlanHist

    Planning History

    • Planning

    • Planning Appeal

    • User Defined Overlays

    Registrations

    Registrations

    • Registration

    • User Defined Overlays

    ValidateSearch*

    Validate Search

    • Building Control Applications

    • Planning

    • Registration

    • User Defined Overlays

    PlanningApplication

    Planning

    RegPlanApp*

    Registered Planning Application

     

    PLOnline

    Online Planning Application

     

    SiteHistory

    Site History

     

    Enforcement

    Planning Enforcement

    NewEnf*

    New Enforcement

     

    SiteHistory

    Site History

     

    Appeal

    Planning Appeal

    Planning Enforcement Appeal

    SiteHistory*

    Site History

     

    TPO

    Tree Preservation Order

    Property*

    Property

     

    * Currently supported

  4. Click Edit for the event type you want to configure.

    The {System Application Type} [{Event Type}] page appears showing the current overlay menu structure, plus any user-defined overlays.

  5. If necessary, click the ✚ icon to expand parent menus.

  6. Tick the checkboxes of the menu items (and hence the services and features) you want to include in spatial searching.

    Alternatively, click Check All to select them all.

  7. Click Save.