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Computing objections: Part 1

The Problem

This is the first in a series of posts on analysing responses to planning applications.
housing
data analysis
nlp
Author

Bea Taylor

Published

Apr 1, 2025

Housing crisis

  • hosuign ciris in UK/London
  • details in previous blog post
  • gvernemnt wants to build more housing

Slow planning system

  • antiquated planning system
  • often blamed for delays
  • prop tech sector

Community representations

  • under Town and Coutnry panning act have to give community option to leave feedback
  • material and non-material
  • council only cares about material - incorporates into reports

Big data and cloud data

  • big datasets of plannign applications
  • information is a commodity
  • any info on the web can become a dataset - allows us to do data-driven analysis

Vision for a city

  • philosophy of place
  • sometimes seen as NIMBY
  • also public expression of what they want their city to look like

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