I commissioned some similar research about 10 years ago that cost about £40k…may have been more robust but £40k vs free…

Love this data-driven dashboard of the growth in size of planning applications - pretty sure it’s been vibe coded but looks pretty robust - planning-paper-mountain.netlify.app

Guardian article with headline “Gen Z shunning the pre-flight pint for macha green tea”

I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Because of course these four wickets are directly attributable to me waking up for this session #ashes

Cricket wow #ashes

They’re fucked now #ashes

Oh hope you sweet mistress #ashes

Ahh ok we’re fucked now. #ashes

Only managed a 0520 wake up….and yeah this is such an unsurprising position…. #ashes

Image of iPhone charging notification that says it’ll be finished charging by 02:30 - the time the Ashes starts!

It’s an omen… #ashes #iftheashescantgetmeblueskyingnothingwill

I was looking at some English placenames recently and thought they all sounded made up, and thought it would be fun to make a thing that makes up English place names — so that's exactly what I did.

Introducing: A place in England
places.projects.alextorrance.co.uk

Kicking off UKREiiF with @tpximpact.com - talking across industry and government about the new generation of new towns

Exciting being at the second ever hackathon on planning 😉 #plantech @euanmills.bsky.social - few more people here this time…

New New Towns: Rethinking Urban Development - TPXimpact | Stefan Webb As well as making a big dent in (next parliament's) housing delivery targets, New Towns are a 🤩 once in a generation 🤩 opportunity to rethink and revise how we plan, manage and deliver new commun...

(New) New Towns are pure nerdgasm for me. Learning from my Thames Gateway days and getting excited about the potential opportunities for focusing cross-gov digital activity on a few places.Also a nice way to get people excited about the long term vision.some words... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

New New Towns: Rethinking Urban Development - TPXimpact | Stefan Webb As well as making a big dent in (next parliament's) housing delivery targets, New Towns are a 🤩 once in a generation 🤩 opportunity to rethink and revise how we plan, manage and deliver new commun...

(New) New Towns are pure nerdgasm for me. Learning from my Thames Gateway days and getting excited about the potential opportunities for focusing cross-gov digital activity on a few places.Also a nice way to get people excited about the long term vision.some words... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Well jels

Experimental AI could help councils meet housing targets by digitising records A new AI tool aims to modernise council planning by replacing outdated paper systems with high-quality digital data, enabling faster, smarter decisions to support the government’s goal of building 1.5...

Great to see the work of the planning data team at MHCLG and the incubator for ai getting coverage www.gov.uk/government/n... worth noting that this kind of work is only possible with well designed data standards and human focused content-designed guidance to guide the ai.

I honestly just thought that there was a fight going on in my garden - then realised neighbours must be Utd fans 😂

Drove through Blackwall tunnel for the first time post charging and my life why is the TfL website user experience so goddam directgov level of shite.

Using data design to transform the planning application process: get involved In order to make the planning applications process smoother and more efficient we need to ensure the right data is available, in the right format. In this post the Data Design team explain how they ar...

Important but less exciting work going on to standardise planning application data. Hopefully this will include the impact data necessary for the “how could this affect you” + other things to make search easier mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk/2024/10/18/u...

We’re getting there…. digitalsitenotice.camden.gov.uk/planning-app...

AI should replace some work of civil servants, Starmer to announce The new digital ‘mantra’ prompts unions to warn PM to stop blaming problems on Whitehall officials

I wonder/worry that this will target the wrong parts of the civil service www.theguardian.com/technology/2... the policy making class _should_ be the most at risk…

Is it still a thing? Pontins was an epic festival venue 😀

J.T.Q and Roy Ayers live southport 23 YouTube video by UK Music History

Roy Ayers and James Taylor Quartet - Southport Weekender 98 - still in my top 3 gigs of all time. youtu.be/3MAUFNX6ZxQ?... RIP Roy 🎼

Breaking down barriers: working together to support local authorities Through collaboration between HM Land Registry and Local Planning Authorities, the Digital Planning team is working on a joined-up approach to reduce the burden of providing the data needed for local ...

Enjoy my newest listed building blog… yes really! #MHCLG
#Planning

mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk/2025/02/20/b...

Planning, Data & Dashboards: Stefan Webb Unpacks the Madness It's not all about the numbers! · Episode

Had great fun talking planning, evidence and mysteries (and numbers) with @mikerose.co.uk and Christopher Argent open.spotify.com/episode/6yYr...

La ritournelle. Still the best tune ever

Using AI in property transactions Anna Prozherina looks at the capabilities of artificial intelligence in property transactions and how it is likely to be used in the sector.

The law society taking about AI in property whilst charging conveyancers to download a pdf TA6 😂🫠 communities.lawsociety.org.uk/property-com...

There’s an older story about Ebbsfleet where the CEO of the delivery vehicle pleaded with Prescott to get Highways England to prioritise a junction upgrade. He said he couldn’t tell HE what to do. Took 20 years. Maybe if it’d been quicker they wouldn’t have found the spiders.

More positive pro-growth noises today in terms of cracking down on spurious JR but still dealing with the ‘shit out’ problem. Our antiquated system of opaque planning processes and rules provides far too many footholds for ‘spurious’ challenges.