Google DeepMind is partnering with the UK government, Google Cloud, and local planning authorities to build an AI-powered planning prototype using Gemini. The tool aims to cut householder planning application decision times by 50% by automating data extraction, policy identification, consultation summarization, and draft report generation. Planning officers retain full decision-making authority with a complete audit trail. The prototype is being trialed in Barnet, Camden, and Dorset, with a national rollout to all UK councils planned for 2027. It builds on Extract, an existing Gemini-based tool that converts legacy planning PDFs into structured data, already saving councils around 255 hours of manual work per year.
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