Future of Planning User Research

The Catapult has developed a ‘Future of Planning’ programme to - • Demystify the planning process; • Understand where the planning process is ‘broken’; • Understand which elements of the process can be enhanced through data science, design and digital tools; • Develop concepts, use cases, prototypes and speculative film that demonstrate the future fo planning; and • Quantify the inefficiencies in the current system and value new ways of planning. The planning process, is the tool we use to manage the urban environment. It controls what gets built where, and how buildings, streets and spaces are used. It involves a huge range of actors including developers, identifying available…