{"id":44859,"date":"2025-12-13T17:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T17:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44859"},"modified":"2025-12-13T17:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T17:22:08","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-ai-powered-nimbyism-could-grind-uk-planning-system-to-a-halt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44859","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: AI-powered nimbyism could grind UK planning system to a halt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tools that help people scan applications and find grounds for objection have potential to hit government\u2019s housebuilding plans, warns <em>The Guardian.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Guardian<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government\u2019s plan to use artificial intelligence to accelerate planning for new homes may be about to hit an unexpected roadblock: AI-powered nimbyism\u2026. Objector is offering \u2018policy-backed objections in minutes\u2019 to people who are upset about planning applications near their homes\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Community campaigners have\u2026 encouraged supporters to use ChatGPT to craft objection letters on Facebook\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government may already have an AI system that could respond\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2025\/nov\/09\/ai-powered-nimbyism-could-grind-uk-planning-system-to-a-halt-experts-warn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tools that help people scan applications and find grounds for objection have potential to hit government\u2019s housebuilding plans, warns The Guardian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[348,30,23,9,16],"class_list":["post-44859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-ai","tag-environment","tag-expertise","tag-government","tag-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44860,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44859\/revisions\/44860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}