If, for some reason, I couldn’t go that way, there are fire exits at each end of the building, which I could go up if needed.’.
We do not have the levels of informed, accessible, public engagement with planning that would benefit the process and the built environment.Digitisation would open up new ways to engage the wider public at all stages of the planning process..
The increasing digitisation of relevant information and data, and our ability to import that data into the planning process in meaningful ways will further help engagement.Well constructed visual representations make raw data accessible to a wide audience.This will allow people to consider individual planning applications in broader contexts – of sustainability or social mobility, say – or understand the trade-offs and implications inherent in making changes to part of a development.
Overall, it will mean the public can form and offer opinions based on rich and contextualised information, rather than on inaccessible and indigestible data and projects in isolation..In other words, it will allow more people to engage in the right way at the right point in the planning process, accessing the right information and able to give the right kind of opinion.. Further, this will enable a holistic view; the ability to consider planning applications in relation to each other, in terms of design etc.
but also in terms of development and other targets, at borough, city, county, or national level..
This is about understanding how to take information about one stage of an asset, and make it usable for another stage.These include issues like insurance warranties, intellectual property, and risk allocation in construction.
We’re not suggesting traditional construction isn’t risky.We know from government data that almost 10% of their spending on construction is allocated to risk.
This hasn’t changed despite many years of operating in this way.However, it’s a risk that is, to some extent, understood.