Google DeepMind is opening PlanAssist to 12 more councils in England. Built with Gemini, it is a public-sector tool for planning officers, not a consumer product. In early pilots in Barnet, Camden, and Dorset, the average time on householder assessment tasks fell by 58%, which the post also calls up to 58%.
It checks documents and drawings, heritage constraints such as tree preservation orders, local and national policy, and earlier objections, then drafts a cited report the officer can edit.…


