# Greenwich council used an AI tool to group and summarise responses to its draft local plan, while planning officers still reviewed every representation

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20260601-urban-planner-8
Date: 2026-06-01 · Stage: Deployment
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## Scope

London, United Kingdom. The council's own consultation statement says it took part in a housing ministry pilot using AI to support local plan preparation and analyse consultation responses; after the Regulation 18 draft local plan consultation, the tool grouped and summarised representations by policy or theme into structured outputs for officers to review, and planning officers still undertook a full review of all representations alongside the AI outputs. One council's account; it reports no time saved and no change in staffing.

## Source

- Royal Borough of Greenwich — Local Plan Consultation Statement (June 2026), paragraph 1.14 — https://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2026-07/Consultation%20Statement.pdf (primary source)

## What this means

A planning authority has used AI on real public responses to a plan, as a first pass that officers checked.

## What it does not show yet

One council's account, with no measure of officer time and officers still reading every response.

## How to verify it yourself

Open the Royal Borough of Greenwich Local Plan Consultation Statement (June 2026) and find "The tool grouped and summarised representations".


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