Unlocking UK house-building with AI-accelerated planning
New UK government AI planning prototype built with Gemini aims to halve the time it takes to process homeowner applications
Key points
- The UK is working to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029, but local planning authorities are often slowed down by dense paperwork and administrative backlogs.
- To help get Britain building, we’re partnering with the UK government to help radically shorten the time it takes to process householder planning applications.
- Following the successful launch of Extract — a tool built with Gemini by the UK government's Incubator for AI (i.AI) — to help councils turn old planning documents into clear, digital data — we’re partnering to develop a sophisticated new planning prototype for councils.
- Google DeepMind is working alongside the UK government, Google Cloud, Faculty, and local planning authorities in Barnet, Dorset and Camden, to co-develop an AI-powered prototype that acts as a highly skilled assistant for planning officers, handling the heavy lifting of data extraction and case analysis.
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- [1]Unlocking UK house-building with AI-accelerated planningGoogle DeepMind Blog · Jun 16, 09:29 PM
New UK government AI planning prototype built with Gemini aims to halve the time it takes to process homeowner applications
The UK is working to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029, but local planning authorities are often slowed down by dense paperwork and administrative backlogs.
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