Speeding up planning decisions with AI
Google DeepMind and the UK government are working together to reduce planning assessment times.
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PlanAssist, an AI tool built on Gemini by Google DeepMind with the UK government, Google Cloud and Faculty, handles routine householder planning applications so officers can focus on complex cases. In pilots at Barnet, Camden and Dorset since June, it cut average assessment time by 58%, and over 70% of its reports were approved with no edits. It validates documents and drawings, checks heritage constraints and local and national policies, reviews prior objections, then drafts fully cited reports that officers edit. A 12-month beta now extends to 12 more councils in three cohorts (15 in total); the government aims to roll it out to all English councils in 2027, with a qualified officer approving every decision.
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