Urban planning

Tools that seek to improve urban planning processes by digitizing them and making them more accessible to residents.

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3D Utretcht
3d.utrecht.nl/app

3D Utretcht

An interactive 3D model of everything from buildings and parks to underground infrastructure, used by city officials, researchers, and residents to visualise changes and assess their impact before imp...

Utrecht
Digital twins (of places), Urban planning
Open Space Sandbox
openspacesandbox.com/home

Open Space Sandbox

Like a city-building game—but real life. Open Space Sandbox turns play into planning data

Philadelphia
since 2025
Engagement tech, Participatory democracy, Urban planning
placemaking-europe.eu

Placemaking Europe

Placemaking Europe is a European network that connects practitioners, academics, community leaders, market players and policy makers across the field of placemaking.

Urban planning
UrbanistAI workshops in Panama City
undp.org/acceleratorlabs/blog/bringing-communities-together-through-ai-driven-urban-planning

UrbanistAI workshops in Panama City

Participants worked in mixed-age groups, using UrbanistAI to redesign public spaces based on photographs they had taken themselves.

Panama City, Panama
since 2024
Artificial Intelligence, Urban planning, Engagement tech
workshops
Blitz AI
blitzpermits.ai

Blitz AI

Blitz helps you automate plan reviews to expedite building permits and approvals for homes, offices and commercial buildings across the USA with our AI-powered pre-check and plan review software.

Govtech, Urban planning, Artificial Intelligence
commercial
PlanX (Open Digital Planning)
opendigitalplanning.org/planx

PlanX (Open Digital Planning)

PlanX is a content management system for creating digital planning services. It allows local planning authorities to collaboratively build and maintain data-driven planning services.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Urban planning
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Extract
ai.gov.uk/projects/extract

Extract

Using AI to unlock historic planning data

10 Downing Street
since 2025
Artificial Intelligence, Urban planning, Mapping tools
Gemini, OpenStreetMap
DIPAS
dipas.org

DIPAS

Das erste medienbruchfreie digitale System zur Bürgerbeteiligung online und vor Ort. DIPAS entdecken DIPAS Repository

Hamburg
Digital participation platforms, Participatory democracy, Engagement tech
Urban In Mind
urbaninmind.ca/urban-planning

Urban In Mind

Urban in Mind is a trusted urban planning consultant serving the Greater Toronto Area.

Ontario
Urban planning, Participation consultants
Miami-Dade County SMART Curbs Program
miamidade.gov/global/transportation/public-works/smart-curbs-program.page

Miami-Dade County SMART Curbs Program

Miami Dade County
Smart Cities and sensors, Curb management, Govtech
Boston Curb Usage Map
boston.gov/news/improving-parking-and-curb-usage-through-tech-innovation

Boston Curb Usage Map

To solve these challenges, the Streets Cabinet and Innovation and Technology Cabinet are building a digital map of Boston’s complex curb network and regulations.

Boston
Smart Cities and sensors, Curb management, Govtech
city
Streetwise Technology
streetwise.technology

Streetwise Technology

Pedestrian-first traffic management solutions

Surrey, UK
Urban planning, Govtech
streetscape, Vision Zero
Planning and housing data in England
planning.data.gov.uk

Planning and housing data in England

Official government portal for open planning and housing data

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Civic data, Open government data, Urban planning
housing
InformedDECISION™
informed.com/solutions/informeddecision

InformedDECISION™

a groundbreaking AI-based decision support platform, which is transforming decision-making processes for planning proposals on sensitive land.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Govtech, Urban planning, Artificial Intelligence
land
Governing in the Age of AI: Reimagining Local Government
institute.global/insights/politics-and-governance/governing-in-the-age-of-ai-reimagining-local-government?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Governing in the Age of AI: Reimagining Local Government

In this paper, we examine how AI could help reimagine local government.

since 2025
Govtech, Artificial Intelligence, Reports
reports, local
Searchland
searchland.co.uk

Searchland

The ultimate platform for the real estate sector

London
Urban planning
land, commercial
GOV.UK document digitization tool
gov.uk/government/news/experimental-ai-could-help-councils-meet-housing-targets-by-digitising-records

GOV.UK document digitization tool

A new AI tool aims to modernise council planning by replacing outdated paper systems with high-quality digital data, enabling faster, smarter decisions to support the government’s goal of building 1.5...

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
since 2025
Govtech, Urban planning, Artificial Intelligence
housing, land
Local plan policy tool
searchland.co.uk/blog/local-plan-policy-tool

Local plan policy tool

Local plan policy tool

London
since 2024
Artificial Intelligence, Urban planning
land, commercial
Genie AI
genieai.co/blog/step-by-step-guide-to-drafting-a-section-106-agreement

Genie AI

The Genie AI team has created an easy step-by-step guide which takes you through every aspect of drafting your Section 106 Agreement.

London
Artificial Intelligence, Urban planning
commercial
Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 Bill
bills.parliament.uk/bills/3155

Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 Bill

Requiring open digitalisation and publication of planning data in the UK

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
since 2023
Urban planning, Digital transformation, Govtech
local
Virtual Bradford
local.gov.uk/case-studies/bradford-district-council-digital-twin

Virtual Bradford

an open digital twin for the City of Bradford

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
since 2021
Digital twins (of places), Urban planning
Open Digital Planning
opendigitalplanning.org

Open Digital Planning

A community of forward-thinking Local Planning Authorities working together to shape a more efficient, data-driven planning system.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
since 2018
Urban planning, Govtech, Digital transformation
Public Space Awards
openplans.org/public-space-awards#67b64b41b56ac806e9d834df

Public Space Awards

Come and join the Open Plans community on Thursday, May 1st for a festive celebration of the people behind our city’s defining public spaces.

Brooklyn, NY
Awards and prizes, Urban planning
place-based, city
Hey Neighbour Collective
sfu.ca/dialogue/what-we-do/initiatives/hey-neighbour-collective.html

Hey Neighbour Collective

Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC) is a collective impact project that brings together housing providers, researchers, local and regional governments, housing associations and health authorities to experi...

Burnaby, Canada
Urban planning, Research and policy centers, Academia
housing, city, social isolation
UrbanistAI
site.urbanistai.com

UrbanistAI

The platform to reimagine the future of our cities.

Europe
since 2023
Artificial Intelligence, Engagement tech, Urban planning
city, apps, Sustainable cities and communities
GAMA Platform
gama-platform.org

GAMA Platform

GAMA is an easy-to-use open source modeling and simulation environment for creating spatially explicit agent-based simulations.

Mapping, Mapping tools, Urban planning
mobility
Diagonal Works
diagonal.works

Diagonal Works

We strive to support the development of more equitable and inclusive places through our belief in open, collaborative and data informed urbanism.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Urban planning, Civic data, Data science for social good
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Community-Centered Planning for Mobility as Social Service
pitcases.org/indiana-university

Community-Centered Planning for Mobility as Social Service

The project will establish a workshop to bring community-centered planning to the emerging technology of autonomous vehicles (AV)

Indiana
since 2024
Public Interest Tech, Urban planning, Engagement tech
workshops, mobility
PIX4D
pix4d.com

PIX4D

Georeferenced Guassian Splatting for drones to reproduce thin and tricky structures with clarity.

Drones, Mapping tools, Urban planning
When 'doing ethics' meets public procurement of smart city technology – an Amsterdam case study
dl.designresearchsociety.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1221&context=iasdr

When 'doing ethics' meets public procurement of smart city technology – an Amsterdam case study

[A] multi-stakeholder co-design project – including a citizen panel – is an integral part of the process in which the service is designed and realized

Amsterdam
since 2023
Smart Cities and sensors, Urban planning, Ethical tech and responsible tech
mobility, city, Sustainable cities and communities
Sidekick
mysidewalk.com/sidekick

Sidekick

In plain language, tell Sidekick what you want to know and get answers straight from the mySidewalk data library.

Kansas City, MO
Artificial Intelligence, Urban planning
place-based
The Atlas of Urban Tech
atlasofurbantech.org

The Atlas of Urban Tech

A global atlas of case studies of tech-enabled urban districts and municipal digital masterplans.

Cornell Tech
since 2024
Smart Cities and sensors, Civic tech catalogs, Urban planning
place-based, city, Sustainable cities and communities
Street Activity Sensors
testbed.cityofnewyork.us/pilots-cv

Street Activity Sensors

8-month pilot to test 12 computer-vision sensors across four boroughs of NYC to employ machine vision and improve street-level data collection and improve planning decisions

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Machine vision, Urban planning
city, mobility, streetscape
The Planning London Datahub
london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/planning/digital-planning/planning-london-datahub

The Planning London Datahub

The Planning DataHub is a collaborative project between all of the Planning Authorities in London to build a single open data set of development proposals in the planning process to enable monitoring...

London
Civic data, Open government data, Civic data APIs
city, Sustainable cities and communities
PlanIt
planit.org.uk

PlanIt

UK PlanIt is a national aggregator for current and historical planning information.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Urban planning, Civic maps
PlanningAlerts
planningalerts.org.au

PlanningAlerts

Find out for free what is being built and knocked down in your area and receive email alerts when something new is planned.

The OpenAustralia Foundation PO Box 147 Katoomba NSW 2780
Urban planning, Service alerts, Communicating with the people
place-based
Civic Infrastructure Collaborative
infrastructureforward.org

Civic Infrastructure Collaborative

Civic Infrastructure Collaborative drives public value from core urban infrastructure through cross-sector collaboration and technology-enabled innovation.

Chicago, IL
Urban planning
city, mobility, Sustainable cities and communities
Citify
citify.eu/lt

Citify

Citify is an online platform designed to track planned and existing real estate projects, ranging from apartment complexes and business centers to streets, bike paths, parks, and schools.

Lithuania (Lietuva) 🇱🇹
Urban planning
mass transit, mobility, city
Kur Gyvenu
kurgyvenu.lt

Kur Gyvenu

It's a platform aimed at helping people find information about various neighborhoods and districts in Lithuanian cities.

Lithuania (Lietuva) 🇱🇹
Urban planning, Civic data
local, city, Sustainable cities and communities
Urban Platform
urbanplatform.city

Urban Platform

A web solution designed for governments that provides the digital twin of the city, and delivers a real-time view of every street, plus insightful analytics to support decision-making and increase th...

Portugal 🇵🇹
Urban planning, Dashboards, Smart Cities and sensors
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Infrastructure Space
msa.ac.uk/study/ateliers/infraspace

Infrastructure Space

Infrastructure Space was established in 2017 to acknowledge the infrastructural turn in architectural theory, to embrace the thinking and methods established in L+U and [Re_Map] and to explore new ter...

Manchester, United Kingdom
Urban planning, Civic data
Industry, innovation, and infrastructure, city, place-based
BlackSpace
blackspace.org

BlackSpace

We break the silos of urbanist practices to build Black power and Black joy.

Urban planning, Manifestos, Design
racial equity, city, 2023 Webby Awards
Lacuna
lacuna.ai

Lacuna

A transportation operating system for orchestrating, governing, and powering modern mobility.

Urban planning, Govtech
streetscape, mobility
Tile2Net
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0198971523000133?via%3Dihub

Tile2Net

"an end-to-end open-source framework for creating georeferenced pedestrian networks from aerial imagery"

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2023
Satellites, Urban planning, Peer-reviewed research
place-based, streetscape, Good health and well-being
Tactical Urbanism Materials and Design Guide
tacticalurbanismguide.com

Tactical Urbanism Materials and Design Guide

An open guide promoting participatory urban planning

Urban planning
city, guides, Sustainable cities and communities
Custodianship in the Urban Commons
cssh.northeastern.edu/bari/projects/custodianship-in-the-urban-commons

Custodianship in the Urban Commons

BARI has worked closely with the Mayor’s Office of New urban Mechanics and the 311 system examine how Bostonians contribute to the maintenance of the public spaces and infrastructure of neighborhoods—...

Boston
Urban planning, Civic data, Communicating with the people
public space
“Seeing” Neighborhoods through “Big” Data
cssh.northeastern.edu/bari/projects/seeing-neighborhoods-through-big-data

“Seeing” Neighborhoods through “Big” Data

Modern administrative data—from 311 and 911 calls to building permit applications to Tweets—offer a detailed view of events and conditions across the city.

Boston
Urban planning, Big listening, Civic data
census, city, Sustainable cities and communities
TwinMotion
twinmotion.com

TwinMotion

A digital twin solution for buildings and urban planning that works with Autodesk

Urban planning, Digital twins (of places)
ClearRoad
clearroad.io

ClearRoad

ClearRoad provides cloud-based solutions to keep roads well-maintained and well-managed Schedule a demo

99 Wall Street NY
Urban planning
city, Sustainable cities and communities
PlanX (UK)
planx.uk

PlanX (UK)

Plan✕ is a platform for creating and publishing digital planning services. It aims to make planning less hard work, for everyone.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Urban planning
city, Sustainable cities and communities
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