CPD: AI and data-led planning: what is working, and where – 26 November 2026
Posted on: 2026-11-02
AI and data-led planning: what is working, and where
Artificial intelligence is starting to reshape how planning systems work around the world. Councils are using it to turn decades of paper records into data, to check proposals against policy and to help officers reach decisions faster. Approaches differ sharply between countries, and so do the results.
This one-hour CPD session explains in plain terms what AI actually does in planning, using a simple “automation spectrum” from digitising records to fully automated decisions. It looks closely at England’s national programme, including the Extract tool and the Augmented Planning Decisions trials. It then compares experience from around the world.
You will leave with a practical set of questions to ask of any planning AI tool, and at least one lesson you can apply in the system you know best.
CPD Details
Date: Thursday, 26 November 2026
Time: 19:30 – 20:30 (HK time)
Delivery mode: Online
Fee: Free
Agenda
| Time | Section |
| 0–5 min | Welcome and audience poll |
| 5–12 min | Part 1: Foundations: what AI does in planning, and why data comes first |
| 12–22 min | Part 2: The UK in focus: England’s national planning data and AI tools |
| 22–35 min | Part 3: Around the world: International Case Studies |
| 35–45 min | Part 4: Making it work: governance, accountability and what transfers between systems |
| 45–55 min | Questions and discussion |
| 55–60 min | Close |
Speaker Details
Harry Quartermain
Harry is a Chartered Town Planner with broad experience in the private sector, including urban regeneration schemes, strategic site promotion, Environmental Impact Assessment, and planning policy drafting. Harry is an Associate Lecturer at the University of the Built Environment, where he leads modules on AI and Data in the Built Environment. Harry is also LandTech’s Head of Research and advises the market leading planning technology company on how to apply their unique data in innovative ways. For 2026, Harry is Chair of the RTPI in the South West of England.
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