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Planning Application AI Walkthrough

Step-by-step guide to experiencing AI-powered document extraction for planning applications

Try AI Document Extraction for Planning Applications

8 minutes to see AI analyse planning applications and generate committee summaries

No deployment needed. Upload a sample planning application and watch AI extract data, generate summaries, and check completeness.
No technical knowledge required

This walkthrough guides you step-by-step through uploading a planning document and reviewing extracted fields. Perfect for planning officers, service managers, and anyone evaluating AI for reducing manual data entry.

What you'll do

In this 8-minute walkthrough, you'll:

  1. Access the document processing interface - Find your deployed AI extraction service (2 minutes)
  2. Download a sample planning application - Get a realistic planning document to test with (1 minute)
  3. Upload and process the document - Watch AI extract information in real-time (2 minutes)
  4. Review AI analysis - See AI-generated committee summary, completeness check, classification, and extracted fields (3 minutes)

Before you start

Important You must have already requested the Planning Application AI scenario via NDX:Try.

Deploy the Planning Application AI scenario if you haven't already. Deployment takes 3 to 5 minutes.

Sample documents check

Ready Sample data is pre-loaded and ready to use.

What you'll learn

For planning officers

  • How AI reads planning application PDFs
  • Which fields can be automatically extracted
  • Time saved vs manual data entry
  • Accuracy of extracted information

For service managers

  • Potential processing time reduction
  • Volume of applications that could benefit
  • Integration with existing planning systems
  • Return on investment calculation

Sample document you'll use

We've prepared a comprehensive 17-page planning application PDF that reads like a real submission — complete with architectural drawings, neighbour consultations, and some deliberately irrelevant content that tests the AI's ability to separate signal from noise:

The wow moment

After you upload a planning application PDF, you'll see AI automatically produce:

  • Committee-ready summary - A 2-3 sentence application summary for officer reports
  • Completeness assessment - Identifies missing required fields before review
  • Application classification - Householder, Full, Outline, etc. with confidence
  • Extracted fields - Applicant name, site address, description automatically populated

All in under 30 seconds. No manual report writing. No transcription errors. No missing fields.

Think about your council

How many planning applications does your council process annually?

Consider the time savings. Our example calculation:

Current state
200 applications/year × 45 minutes data entry = 150 hours/year
With AI extraction
75% time savings = 112.5 hours freed for value-added work
Annual cost benefit
112.5 hours × £25/hour = £2,812 saved per year

Committee language: "Implementing AI document processing frees up 112 hours annually, allowing planning officers to focus on decision-making rather than data entry."

Start walkthrough

Takes approximately 8 minutes

Need help?

If you're stuck, check the troubleshooting section or contact us.