Gemini · Google · United Kingdom · Google DeepMind
Extract has already shown great success in trials across more than 20 local planning authorities
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Google DeepMind’s goal is to create a more responsive and transparent planning tool that benefits everyone.
Key facts
- 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
- Extract has already shown great success in trials across more than 20 local planning authorities, and is expected to save the average council around 255 hours of manual work a year — It is especially challenging given householder applications account for nearly 70% of planning applications each year
- Following early trials in Barnet, Camden and Dorset, the government plans for the new AI planning tool to be made available to all councils nationally from 2027
Summary
New UK government AI planning prototype built with Gemini aims to halve the time it takes to process homeowner applications. Around the world, Governments are exploring how AI can deliver better public services, faster. 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. Following the successful launch of Extract, a tool built with Gemini by the UK government's Incubator for AI (i. 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. For a typical new planning application, officers spend hours cross-referencing policy documents, historical files and PDFs.