With growing pressure on building new homes, Artificial
Intelligence is starting to reshape the planning system, with
government-backed tools expected to save planning authorities
around 250,000 hours of manual work each
year[1].
Also, nine in ten local planning authorities
have reported receiving AI-generated planning
submissions[2].
Questions remain about how widely AI is being used, whether local
authorities have the skills and resources to adopt it, what
safeguards are needed to ensure transparency, accountability and
public trust, and how to ensure that people and local communities
remain at the heart of planning decisions.
Tomorrow, the London Assembly Planning
and Regeneration Committee will examine the
opportunities and risks AI in planning presents, and what role
the Greater London Authority should play in guiding its adoption.
The Committee will also explore the growing use of AI by members
of the public in planning consultations.
The guests are:
Panel One:
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Professor Mike Raco, Head of School, UCL
Bartlett School of Planning
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Professor Lauren Andres, Director of Research,
UCL Bartlett School of Planning
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Nissa Shahid, Digital Lead for Town Planning,
Arup
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Professor Samer Bagaeen, Head of Town
Planning, University of the Built Environment, Built
Environment Futures Assembly
Panel Two:
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Damiano Cerrone, Co-founder SPIN Unit and
CoPlanAI
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Mike Kiely, Chair of Planning Officers Society
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Chris de Gruben, Head of Property, Artefact,
Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
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Stewart Bailey, Founder and CEO, Virtual
Viewing
The meeting will take place in the Chamber at City Hall on
Thursday 1 October 2026 at
10am.
Notes for editors:
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. (2026).
AI tool to slash
planning decision times as government accelerates push to build
1.5 million homes
- Planning Voice. (2026). AI planning
objections
- Find out more about the work of the Planning and
Regeneration Committee
- Read the agenda in
full.
