LandTech

29/05/2026

LandTech and LPDF have joined forces on a new quarterly Planning Pulse Survey - a research programme designed to build a real-time, data-led picture of where the planning system is working and where it isn't.

The planning system's problems are well understood by everyone working in it. What's been missing is consistent, comparable evidence to back up the anecdotes - and to give practitioners a credible voice in the policy conversation.

Preliminary data is already pointing to some clear patterns. If you work in planning or development, we'd love your input. Takes under two minutes -

Give My View is a digital community consultation platform, turning thousands of voices into actionable ideas. The gamified platform is designed to make it easier for both communities and decision-makers to maximise the value of engagement.

28/05/2026

79% of respondents say LPA resourcing is the primary cause of delays at S106 stage.

Not disagreements over terms. Not legal complexity. Resourcing.

That's a capacity problem, not a policy problem - and it's one that a quarterly data set can actually help make the case for fixing.

This is one of the early findings from the Planning Pulse Survey, launched this week at UKREiiF in partnership with LPDF. We're building a longitudinal picture of planning system performance, quarter by quarter.

Join the survey - two minutes, open to all planning and development professionals -
https://hubs.la/Q04gyLq30

28/05/2026

Here's something that surprised us when we were putting this paper together.

Our modelling suggests that approximately 80% of the evidence requirements for a new SDS could be met from data that already exists - through national datasets, government data platforms, and regionally maintained sources - without any bespoke commissioning at all.

That means the real commissioning gap is the last 20%. The genuinely novel analysis. The locally specific questions that can't be answered from existing sources.

The problem is that under the current model, nobody maps what already exists before they start commissioning. They commission by category, not by gap. The result is spending significant money on analysis that duplicates work already done elsewhere, at a combined cost that would fund a shared evidence infrastructure many times over.

The Minimum Viable Evidence Base framework in our white paper is designed to change that discipline. Start with what exists. Commission only what doesn't. Specify open data deliverables, not static reports.

Read more here -

Download the whitepaper to discover why live open data is the only model that can deliver the next generation of England's plan-led system.

27/05/2026

More than a third of planning and development professionals say determination is their single biggest planning blocker.

Not viability. Not policy. Not the evidence base. Getting a decision.

That's one of the early findings from the Planning Pulse Survey - a new quarterly research programme we've launched in partnership with LPDF to track where the planning system is performing, and where it isn't.

Add your experience to the dataset -
https://hubs.la/Q04gyVWb0

27/05/2026

Big news: we've been shortlisted for PropTech Innovator of the Year at the 2026 Commercial Property Awards. 🎉

This one's for the team. Building tools that genuinely make a difference in how land and property professionals work - that's the whole point. Getting shortlisted for it is a brilliant reminder that the work matters.

The ceremony is on 8th July at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London. We'll be there, and we're proud to be in the running.

Read what it means to us here -

LandTech is a finalist for PropTech Innovator of the Year at the 2026 Commercial Property Awards, recognising our commitment to transforming site assessment for property professionals.

26/05/2026

UKREiiF is done for another year. The conversations in Leeds were good ones - on housing delivery, planning reform, digital infrastructure, and what it'll actually take to build the homes England needs.

But conversations only go so far. The decisions that will shape the next generation of Local Plans and Spatial Development Strategies are being made right now - in evidence scoping meetings, in procurement conversations, in choices about what to commission and how.

If you missed our session on reducing the burden of the evidence base, or want to share the argument with colleagues who weren't there, our white paper covers it in full.

Download the whitepaper to discover why live open data is the only model that can deliver the next generation of England's plan-led system.

26/05/2026

Property finance isn't always the most transparent corner of the industry. Brickflow is trying to change that.

We sat down with the team to understand how they're making development finance more accessible and legible - and why that matters for developers trying to move quickly on sites.

A good read if you've ever spent too long chasing the right funding terms -

Discover how Brickflow revolutionises UK property finance by offering instant access to competitive loans, enhancing transparency, and streamlining funding processes.

25/05/2026

National planning reform gets most of the headlines. But according to our new quarterly Planning Pulse Survey, it's local policy that's doing more of the blocking.

64% of respondents say local frameworks create more friction for their projects than national policy. Only 39% point the finger at national.

Worth thinking about as SDSs and new Local Plans come down the track.

Have your say - takes under two minutes -
https://hubs.la/Q04gyH2n0

25/05/2026

Thinking about speculative development? Here's how it actually works.

Five stages. Each with its own challenges and its own opportunities.

22/05/2026

There's a useful distinction in our new white paper that's worth pulling out.
The current model treats planning evidence as a product. A brief goes out, a consultant comes in, a PDF gets published. It answers the questions it was asked, at the data vintage that was available, for the geographic boundary that existed at the time. Then it starts going out of date.

Live open data infrastructure treats evidence as an asset. The underlying data - on housing land availability, infrastructure capacity, environmental constraints, demographic change - is held in standardised, machine-readable form, maintained continuously, and queryable at any geographic scale. An SDS can aggregate it to the strategic footprint. A unitary authority can disaggregate it to the local plan area. Both are working from the same source.

The conformity relationship between the two tiers stops being an evidential conflict and becomes a question of geographic scale.

That's the shift the paper is arguing for. Read the full thing here -

Download the whitepaper to discover why live open data is the only model that can deliver the next generation of England's plan-led system.