Solving planning inefficiencies with open data

According to Stefan Webb and Euan Mills of innovation agency, Future Cities Catapult, one major area ripe for innovation is the planning system.

AI offers great potential for the property industry, and the Mayor's new online resource will help smaller businesses embrace the technology.

The UK government is looking to adopt modern approaches to construction, to speed up the delivery of £600bn of investment in roads, hospitals and schools over the next 10 years.

The Royal Town Planning Institute and digital planning pioneers Future Cities Catapult have jointly called on the planning profession to make bolder steps to embrace digital technology. 

Passengers in London and Edinburgh will soon be the first in the UK to experience self-driving bus and taxi services under trials announced by Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark.

Catapults are Government-backed centres designed to transform the UK’s capability for innovation in specific areas including smart cities, transport, and digital connectivity.

The companies will use data and 3D visualisation to help tackle London's affordable housing shortage, using funds awarded by the Civic Innovation Challenge.

Brighton-based small businesses will have the opportunity to trial 5G mobile wireless communications at the UK's first 5G testbed that won’t only be used for research purposes.

The city's optic fibre ring network is being offered for use by businesses and academics developing smart city innovations.