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AI Planning Tool Aims to Halve Decision Times

Three councils are trialling an artificial intelligence planning tool that aims to halve the time it takes to make decisions on householder applications. Barnet and Camden LBCs along with Dorset Council are using a prototype that triages applications, summarises key information and provides planning officers…The post AI planning tool aims to halve decision times appeared first on Local Government Chronicle (LGC).
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The UK government presented on June 17, 2026 at the Google Cloud Summit in London two AI tools for the management of urban planning files. The first, Extract, is already deployed in all of England’s municipalities. The second, the Augmented Planning Decisions (APD) prototype, is in testing with three London city councils and plans to be available in the country’s more than 300 municipalities in 2027. Both use Gemini on Google Cloud infrastructur…

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Local Government Chronicle (LGC) broke the news on Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
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