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Digital Readiness: Preparing for the New 30-Month Local Plan System

The Government has set out its intention to reform the Local Plan system, with a fundamental goal to get more plans created by reducing the current average preparation time of at least seven years to a proposed 30 months.

Josh Hoare-Matthews
Associate Director
November 5, 2025
Industry news

Strengthening Our Partnership with Venture Studio from Crisis

We’re proud to announce that Venture Studio from Crisis has become a shareholder in Urban Intelligence.

Sarah Mitchell Baker
Marketing Lead
September 18, 2025
Case study
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Unlocking planning data in East Ayrshire with digital local plan tools

PlaceMaker is empowering Planners in Scotland's East Ayrshire Council to digitalise their Local Plan-making processes and make the most of their site and policy data, to understand their communities better than ever before.

Josh Doyle
Principal Planner
June 19, 2025
Industry news
Site Assessment & Identification Module

Transforming Land Availability Assessments with PlaceMaker

While HELAA has traditionally been a complex, manual and resource-intensive assessment process, digital tools like PlaceMaker are helping local authorities streamline their approach, supporting planners as they navigate mandatory targets...

Josh Doyle
Principal Planner
April 23, 2025
Case study
Site Assessment & Identification Module

Assessing and identifying sites strategically across a Housing Market Area

Almost a year into their PlaceMaker work, we sat down North East Derbyshire District Council to discuss how the planning team have been working to assess potential development sites, in partnership with authorities in their Housing Market Area.

Sarah Mitchell Baker
Marketing Lead
March 12, 2025
Case study
Site Assessment & Identification Module

Data-Driven Local Plan making and off-site BNG assessments in Somerset

As a recently merged authority creating it's first Local Plan for the area, Somerset Council was looking for a digital solution to transform their manual, traditional approach to call for sites into a digital, data-driven process.

Sarah Mitchell Baker
Marketing Lead
February 11, 2025
Industry news
Site Assessment & Identification Module

Unlocking housing delivery with PlaceMaker

Increased housing targets under the updated National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) place local planning authorities under immense pressure to deliver more homes at an accelerated rate.

Josh Hoare-Matthews
Associate Director
December 12, 2024
Case study
Site Assessment & Identification Module

Tackling housing targets with open source data in Newcastle

As cities across the UK grapple with the ever-increasing need for housing and limited land availability, Newcastle are leading the way in digital local plan making to enable them to explore a more efficient and data-driven approach for their LAA.

Sarah Mitchell Baker
Marketing Lead
December 9, 2024
Case study
Engagement Module

How Milton Keynes Used PlaceMaker to Shape Its 25-Year Vision

Milton Keynes, the biggest 'new town' of its generation, was designed in 1967 with an original target population of 250,000. Now, it’s on track to exceed 400,000 residents by 2050.

Josh Doyle
Principal Planner
October 22, 2024
Industry news

Urban Intelligence Ranks 11th in BusinessCloud's PropTech 50 for 2024

Urban Intelligence is thrilled to announce that we've secured 11th place in BusinessCloud's PropTech 50 ranking for 2024!

Sarah Mitchell Baker
Marketing Lead
October 7, 2024
Case study
Site Assessment & Identification Module

Allowing Hounslow to analyse every potential site in the borough

Allowing Hounslow to analyse every potential site in the borough

Josh Hoare-Matthews
Associate Director
January 1, 2021
Case study
Site Assessment & Identification Module

Leveraging the power of AI to leave 'no stone unturned' in Birmingham

Three years on from the start of our work with Birmingham City Council, we took the opportunity to sit down with Maria Dunn and Stewart Donohue and discuss their experience using PlaceMaker over the years.

Sarah Mitchell Baker
Marketing Lead
September 13, 2024
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Inspiring the next generation of planners to shape sustainable places

Urban Intelligence, developer of digital local plan platform PlaceMaker, is sponsoring ten young planning officers to attend this year's Planning Officer Society (POS) conference.

Sarah Mitchell Baker
Marketing Lead
July 2, 2024
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