{"id":22141,"date":"2018-11-26T12:45:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T12:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=22141"},"modified":"2018-11-26T12:45:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T12:45:57","slug":"embracing-technology-is-the-way-forward-for-planners-and-property-sector-as-a-whole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/2018\/11\/26\/embracing-technology-is-the-way-forward-for-planners-and-property-sector-as-a-whole\/","title":{"rendered":"Embracing technology is the way forward for planners and property sector as a whole"},"content":{"rendered":"

Royal Town Planning Institute and Future Cities Catapult want planners to embrace technology in order to\u202fdigitise monotonous tasks, free planners to plan, and boost the housing market.\u202f<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These two\u00a0organisations\u00a0signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 15 November to raise awareness amongst Royal Town\u00a0Planning\u00a0Institute\u2019s 25,000 members about the ways digital technology can be used to enhance what planners\u00a0can do and digitise the more monotonous tasks that take up valuable time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PlanTech<\/b>\u00a0could be game-changing for planners<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stefan Webb, director of digital planning at Future Cities\u00a0Catapult\u00a0stated:\u00a0\u201cOur research and development has suggested that a digitally transformed planning system has the potential to radically change the way that planners do their work. In particular we are excited about the opportunities to remove many of the dull and monotonous tasks that take up planners\u2019\u00a0time, and free planners to plan.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Royal Town Planning Institute and Future Cities Catapult plan to raise awareness by guidance, conferences, and outreach.\u00a0Additionally, they want to research, analyse, and communicate the key opportunities for digital technology available to planners, also called PlanTech.\u00a0And then,\u00a0the organisations will\u00a0embed these into education and courses,\u00a0so new and existing planners\u00a0are equipped to lead the way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Victoria Hills, chief executive of Royal Town Planning Institute\u00a0commented:\u00a0\u201cNow more than ever we need planners to be strategic and creative to address the challenges and opportunities the country faces. In our ongoing campaign for the planning function to be better resourced and valued, we must also look at what planners can do themselves to make their job more satisfying and game-changing.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

PlanTech is another way for technology to have a\u00a0positive\u00a0impact on the property market, making planners\u00a0more productive and efficient.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Technology\u00a0<\/b>has the ability to transform the property market<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Between\u00a0PlanTech,\u00a0proptech<\/a>,\u00a0property\u00a0crowdfunding<\/a>,\u00a0and digitising\u00a0information, technology is an important element of improving the property\u00a0sector.\u00a0Online agents and portals<\/a>\u00a0are\u00a0pushing the housing market to embrace technology and innovation, while\u00a0HM Land Registry\u2019s\u00a0Local Land Charges online register<\/a>\u00a0is improving and speeding up\u00a0the homebuying process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are\u00a0also\u00a0areas of the property sector that could see further technological\u00a0advances.\u00a0For example, if\u00a0more\u00a0planners\u00a0start using\u00a0digital technology, they will be able to spend more time on planning, which will\u00a0in turn\u00a0boost the housing market.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0conveyancing process<\/a>\u00a0is another\u00a0area many would like to see more technology used to\u00a0improve access to information\u00a0and\u00a0to further\u00a0speed up the homebuying process.\u00a0Moving forward, it\u2019s important for all\u00a0of\u00a0the different areas of the\u00a0property\u00a0sector to be committed to\u00a0embracing\u00a0technology and innovation, which could\u00a0continue to\u00a0improve the market drastically.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Royal Town Planning Institute and Future Cities Catapult want planners to embrace technology in order to\u202fdigitise monotonous tasks, free planners to plan, and boost the housing market.\u202f\u00a0 These two\u00a0organisations\u00a0signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 15 November to raise awareness amongst Royal Town\u00a0Planning\u00a0Institute\u2019s 25,000 members about the ways digital technology can be used to enhance what… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1982,"featured_media":22142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[365,54],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1982"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}