What Happens When
Planning Officers
Get the Right Tools
Discover how leading Local Authorities are clearing backlogs and empowering officers with Valon.
Councils turn to AI to boost housebuilding.
Local authorities including Milton Keynes are turning to AI planning tools as Labour's 1.5m housebuilding target clashes with a slowing construction sector.
Milton Keynes City Council and Valon: streamlining planning with AI.
Officers validated applications 60–80% faster, receipt-to-validation times halved, and MKCC redirected an estimated 1,360 officer hours per year to other casework.
Yorkshire can't wait for planning reform.
Harrison Reeves on why planning decisions need to speed up now — and how technology can help authorities deliver.
Rother District Council launches AI planning pilot in bid to support housing delivery.
Rother District Council has partnered with Valon to pilot AI-assisted planning validation, aiming to cut backlogs and accelerate housing delivery across the district.
Council slashes planning wait times by a fifth using AI.
Milton Keynes City Council partners with Valon to cut overall decision times by 18% and halve validation turnaround.
Clearing the Backlog.
Validation is 48% faster in Milton Keynes, and takes 85% less officer time. Find out how.