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🚀 EXCITING NEWS! 🚀 In a few days, some of you will receive an 'Early Adopter' invitation to subscribe to our private beta service. The numbers will be limited, and it'll be on a first-come, first-serve basis. 🧵

The latest episode of 50 Shades of Planning, in partnership with Cratus Group, features four conversations that @euanmills of @BlocktypeApp recorded back in March with four guests on the potential for digital innovation to improve the planning system. cratus.co.uk/50-shades-of-p…

🌳 - How much grey belt do we need to release? 🏡 - Can beauty make the planning system more certain? 🏛️ - What is the future of building height policy? 🤖 - Should we standardise residential floor plans? You can also read it on our website here: blocktype.co.uk/blog

🚀Our most recent newsletter has just dropped. 🚀 If you're at all interested in how we can design our built environment to accommodate more and better homes you should subscribe. This version covers... #landbuyer #plannign #housing #planforhousing #land

Yes, we need to build more homes. But first we need to decide what homes go where. And we need to do that fast! #planforhousing NOW! theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

@peakay81 @sevensixfive @Mr_Bricolage This is where tech bros get it all wrong. We need to make technology to work WITH professionals, not INSTEAD of them.

@sevensixfive @Mr_Bricolage despite saying this I do like @BlocktypeApp

"Use AI to instantly create the worst site planning and land use you've ever seen in your life"

Ground floor flats should always have their own front doors. #housingdesign

"The number could be as high as 529,000 if current net migration levels hold." #HousingCrisis

Are you a #PropTech or #GeoTech #Startup wanting to kickstart your growth like previous @Geovation Accelerator Programme participants @BlocktypeApp did? Applications are now open until 1 March. Apply now: geovation.uk/apply/accelera…

@RobertKwolek Here's a more realistic version using @BlocktypeApp . 828 homes, with a development value of well over £310,000,000, a population yield of 1,236 and a CIL contribution of nearly £12,000000.

🌎 We are looking for partners, investors and collaborators! If you're excited about how technology can help us plan for #housing , and would like to work with us, get in touch. 🚀🚀🚀

Should have used @BlocktypeApp 🤣

Now that the Stratford Sphere is out of the picture, maybe we could build those 2,000 homes? blocktype.co.uk/resources/how-…

@BBCNews Can we get 2,000 homes on the site instead? youtube.com/watch?v=htXnOd…

Stratford sphere venue plans officially withdrawn by US firm bbc.in/3TV937Y

@johnhaggart1 @ChrisGiles_ Can we get 2,000 homes on the site now instead? youtube.com/watch?v=htXnOd…

Boosting growth in the UK economy step by step… Stratford sphere venue plans officially withdrawn by US firm bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

How many times do we have to say that @BlocktypeApp is a housing PLANNING tool, not a DESIGN tool! 😂

“The most important fact in modern British domestic politics: in the 1990s, a first-time buyer couple on a low-to-middle income saving 5% of their wages would have enough for an average deposit after three years. Today it would take them 24 years.” telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03/1…

Recently @michaelgove told councils that "better use should be made of small pockets of brownfield land." @samuel_stafford suggests three policy levers for how to achieve this. samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2023/11/sme-si…

This deadline for this is in 4 weeks. Send me a message if you want to partner with @BlocktypeApp

We are still open to Local Authority partners for the @luhc #Proptech Fund. We'd love to work with you on #SHLAAs, #housing studies, #viability, and #CIL. Get in touch to discuss ideas!