Practical applications to drive efficiency with DES and DfMA.
Currently, trust in the planning system is at a low.If we can help people feel more in control of what they’re being consulted on, and give them a better sense of what a development will really look like, it should help to alleviate a lot of concern.. At present, ten Pathfinder projects are being undertaken by various local authorities.
All of them are looking at how to digitise planning policy, and make it more machine readable.Local plans take years for councils to produce, and are based on evidence which is out of date almost as soon as it’s put into use, and definitely by the time the plan is published years later.Digitising the planning system will help us to start producing policies based on real time evidence.
Policies could change over a very short time.Changes to market conditions, developer contributions, or the cost of land could impact the number, or location, of homes originally desired.
Digitising planning would keep things much more reliable and up to date..
There would also be an opportunity to test more ideas before deciding which policy is the right one, and it’s hoped that by digitising the planning system we’ll also be able to do scenario testing.Transparency of data sources and decision-making is important, because it gives people confidence in the analysis and the proposed solutions..
Knowledge capture allows reuse of learning from project to project, promotes standardisation, and allows us to trace decisions through the life cycle of a project.. We will see how Chip Thinking® plays an important role in applying these principles.. What are Chips?.Chips are the smallest meaningful part of the processes that make up a supply chain.
Chips are sets of interacting or interdependent components, plus all the data that goes into them.They bring to life all data and stakeholder knowledge in one place, using a common language, so that everyone can understand every aspect.. Chips become the building blocks for our design.