Technology

Tech landscape: Is a robot going to take my job?

09.11.2018

Alison Broderick

Artificial intelligence will eliminate hundreds of different kinds of jobs, we're told. Alison Broderick wonders whether planners should be worried

Scotland round-up: Committee rejects third-party appeal right in Scottish planning bill; Sutherland spaceport project hits turbulence

09.11.2018

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Scotland: 3 November-9 November, 2018

Countdown begins for Highlands spaceport / iStock-143175766

Sutherland spaceport project hits turbulence

09.11.2018

Roger Milne

Scotland | space | sutherland | Technology

Proposals for a multimillion-pound spaceport for Sutherland, designated for land near Tongue known as the Mhoine, has provoked dissent and split a rural crofting community.

News report: New rules of engagement

05.11.2018

Simon Wicks

The Planner’s webinar on ‘effective engagement’ – sponsored by Commonplace – produced a range of insights into how planners and developers can improve...

Cities must become more sustainable if they are to continue to support global economic growth

01.11.2018

George Adams

This year's World Cities Day took the theme of 'Building Sustainable and Resilient Cities'. If we're to meet this challenge, we need to focus on inefficiencies in the way cities are designed, built and...

Legal briefs: London cycle super highway challenge; Apple data centre case in court

26.10.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of legal news: 20 October-26 October, 2018

Planners given free access to satellite images

26.10.2018

Huw Morris

Technology | UK

Planning departments will have free access to the UK Space Agency’s archives of satellite images and radar data for research and development projects.

Corporate bodies own ‘12 tennis courts of land per household’

15.10.2018

Laura Edgar

Data | land ownership | Technology | UK

Analysis by property data and technology provider Search Acumen has suggested that corporate bodies and commercial entities own 3,106 square metres of land for every household in England and Wales.

Tech landscape: The beauty of BIM

11.10.2018

Mark Smulian

Building information modelling is widely used by architects and contractors – but why not planners? Mark Smulian asks the question

Planners must not be back-seat drivers as cities prepare for autonomous vehicles

05.10.2018

Louise Brooke-Smith

Autonomous vehicles could transform our towns and cities. Planners must take the lead in ensuring they contribute to better places, says Louise Brooke-Smith.

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