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Planning Permission: Artificial Intelligence

Commons · Question 84457 · Tabled 22 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 30 Oct 2025

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Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Chancellor cuts pointless admin in nearly £6 billion business blitz, published on 21 October 2025, whether his Department has tested

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Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 30 Oct 2025

My Department is actively exploring options to develop AI-enabled products to speed up public service provision, including in respect of planning services. We are developing, and will deploy, these products responsibly, in line with guidance set out in th...