OCN Search for Councils
Professional‑grade research across every meeting and decision from 200+ UK councils since 2024
Why it matters
Research and analysis means helping members and officers contextualise decisions—what has been done before in your council, and what other councils are doing.
OCN Search gives Democratic Services, scrutiny, and policy teams fast answers and the full history behind them, so preparation is quicker, oversight is stronger, and decisions are better informed.
Key capabilities
🔍 Full‑text search
Search the complete archive across 200+ councils—minutes, agendas, reports, and supporting documents.
📅 Powerful filters
Filter by council, committee, topic, decision, and date range.
🧠 Topic tracking
Follow a theme across time—see first mention, latest updates, and everything in between.
📑 Linked decisions
See decisions in context and jump to related documents and meetings.
Use cases
📘 Scrutiny preparation
Assemble prior reports, decisions, and discussions on an issue in minutes.
🧾 Policy research
See how other councils approached a problem and what outcomes they achieved.
🧑⚖️ Governance checks
Verify process and precedent quickly; reduce ad‑hoc requests to officers.
🧭 Member briefings
Prepare concise briefings with references and links to source documents.
Why Councils Choose OCN Search
Built for local government
Indexes the data you actually use—meetings, minutes, agendas, reports, and decisions.
Saves officer time
Reduce manual trawling and repeated requests; find answers once and reuse.
Trusted and transparent
Every result links to the original source, with clear context and dates.
Nationwide coverage
200+ councils since 2024—compare approaches across authorities to inform local policy and practice.
Equip members and officers with answers in seconds
Power scrutiny, preparation, and research with professional‑grade search.