The government is set to automate the planning system to reduce delays. Developers will send photo evidence to authorities online, which will then be approved using trained AI models.
A typical housing development application currently requires 4,000 pages of documentation and can take up to 18 months to be approved. The government aims to slash this time by transferring checks from human hands to new AI systems.
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Author's summary: AI to automate planning checks.