For local government

One management system. Two responsibilities.

Local authorities manage Martyn's Law across different services. The Portal provides one consistent management system and one clear view of organisational preparedness.

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Industry challenges

What you're up against

Why this operating model is different

A council manages qualifying premises across several services - corporate estate, community safety, emergency planning and licensing - and separately engages with licensed premises it does not operate. Leadership still needs one consistent picture across all of it.

The implementation challenge

Information is spread across departments, implementation is inconsistent between services, and evidence is held in different places. Reporting is assembled manually, and no one holds an organisational view of preparedness. The Portal provides one consistent management system for implementing Martyn's Law across the authority.

How the platform helps

Challenge → capability

Responsibilities spread across services

People & Governance: named owners per premises and duty.

No single estate register

Premises & Uses: every council premises in one place.

Measures in place but undocumented

Protective Measures: what is in place, recorded consistently.

Evidence gathered only when requested

Evidence & Records: timestamped and downloadable on request.

Gaps identified in one service, lost in another

Actions & Reviews: owners, due dates, scheduled review cycles.

Leadership needs an authority-wide position

Executive Assurance: one view across every premises.

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Built on recognised management system principles

Designed to fit alongside existing governance arrangements rather than introducing another parallel management process.

People & Governance

Named responsibility for each premises and duty, visible to leadership.

Premises & Uses

Every council site and relevant use captured in one register.

Protective Measures

What is in place, recorded to the same standard across services.

Evidence & Records

A structured record of decisions and implementation.

Actions & Reviews

Every gap has an owner, a due date and a review cycle.

Executive Assurance

An authority-wide position leadership can report with confidence.

ORGANISATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Built for the people accountable

Chief Executive & Senior Leadership

One organisational view of preparedness, defensible on request.

Property & Estates

A guided per-premises workflow rather than a parallel process.

Licensing

Licensing as a strategic lever to support wider community preparedness.

Community Safety

Supports coordinated preparedness across existing community safety responsibilities.

Emergency Planning

Preparedness evidence that supports existing resilience arrangements.

Venue & Building Managers

Clear ownership of each premises record and its review cycle.

Benefits

What good implementation looks like

Consistent implementation

The same management approach applied across every service and premises.

One management system

Martyn's Law duties held in a single record, not across departments.

Audit-ready evidence

A structured record of decisions, implementation and improvement.

Leadership visibility

An authority-wide position available at any point.

Committee-ready reporting

Reporting generated from the live record for SLT and members.

Organisational assurance

Leadership can report the authority-wide position with confidence.

EXECUTIVE ASSURANCE

Assurance your leadership and committees can use

Reporting is generated from the live record, so the Martyn's Law position can be presented to leadership and governance forums without a separate reporting exercise. The Portal supports existing governance arrangements rather than introducing another standalone compliance process.

Authority-wide preparedness position
Per-premises evidence pack
Action tracker with owners and due dates
Review cycle status
Sign-off audit trail
Committee-ready summary