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Introduction

At Urban Intelligence, we’re a team of planners, data scientists and technology experts, on a mission to empower planners to understand their communities and shape sustainable places. We know that in order to do that, they need to have the best tools for the job. That’s why we’ve built PlaceMaker, the ultimate digital local plan platform.

PlaceMaker makes it easy for every planner to understand the trends and the evidence that they need to make effective decisions, and communicate and engage with the public. Made by planners, for planners, our software is informed by our team’s experience as planners, and is co-designed and iterated alongside our PlaceMaker council users.

Over the past decade we’ve worked with over 30 councils and public sector bodies, co-designing new and evolved features of our PlaceMaker platform. It’s through this process that our PlaceMaker community benefits from the shared knowledge and product innovation of each council.

We believe that planners deserve a product that’s built around their needs. They need something that is easy to use and helps them do their job faster and with greater accuracy, because planning has the potential to improve lives.

Our products

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    PlaceMaker

    Our digital local plan software, PlaceMaker, makes it easy for planners to understand their communities and shape sustainable places. Comprehensively assess sites, build consultations, and manage representations all within one platform. PlaceMaker works across two integrated modules (Site Identification and Assessment, and Engagement) for the distinct functions of local plan-making.

Case studies

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Geographical information systems (GIS) and mapping Land search and assessment Organisational digital transformation
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Geographical information systems (GIS) and mapping Land search and assessment Plan-making, planning application and data management systems
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Community engagement Geographical information systems (GIS) and mapping Land search and assessment

PlaceMaker

Testimonials

It would be next to impossible to meet our government-set housing targets in Birmingham without the help of a tool like PlaceMaker.

Alexa O’Neill
Principal Planning Officer, Birmingham City Council

What's great about working with Urban Intelligence, is all the expertise that the team brings. From amazing skills in urban design, to knowledge and expertise in data and software - we wouldn’t have had access to the in-house resource and capabilities to the same degree before working with them.

Kathy Verlander
Senior Planning Project Officer, Newcastle City Council

If you've not got to plan for month and months of officers accessing sites you have more time to think about your priorities and you get more time to plan as a planner.

Ashleigh Audley
Principal Planning Officer, Central Bedfordshire Council

Industry recognition

Press
Free webinar: How tech is changing local plan making
2024
Press
Streamlining the planning process with representation management software
2023
Award
EG Tech Awards: Productivity Award
2022
Award
EG Tech Awards: Real Estate Digital Outstanding Achievement
2022
Press
Birmingham Council to use artificial intelligence to help it find more housing land
2021
Find out more about pricing
We are a Crown Commercial Service approved supplier, available on the government’s digital marketplace for public sector procurement. You can find further product, pricing and details on the UK Government’s G-Cloud 14 Framework.

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