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CASE study 3D Repo PlanBase - Planning response (above and right) All part of the plan 3D Repo have won the Mayor of London's Civic Innovation Challenge for their innovative 3D solution, PlanBase, which makes the planning system more accessible You might think that 3D Repo's success in winning the Mayor of London's Civic Innovation Challenge has been trumped by the Government's announcement about the suspension of the need to seek planning permission for home extensions and improvements - but you would be wrong. The introduction of 3D Repo's innovative 3D solution is still a critically important improvement in the way that individuals and building owners address planning requirements for listed properties and adhere to building regulations. The somewhat archaic processes currently in place are being brought into the 21st century and, probably more to the point, planning issues can be dealt with in real time with direct access to planning officers who tend to be in short supply and rather overstretched, anyway. The competition attracted over 125 entrants offering a variety of solutions to address London's most pressing problems - an exciting opportunity for any young tech company trying to make a name for itself in the market. 3D Repo's winning solution is an opensource 3D planning portal, PlanBase, which is based on their award-winning digital construction platform. PlanBase operates as a standalone website but can also be embedded into existing planning portals where residents and planners alike can review proposals in 3D and comment on them where it matters most. The people of London will be able to access PlanBase via a web browser and drop 'pins' based on a specific topic and provide feedback directly in 3D. Dr Jozef Doboš, Founder & CEO of 3D Repo confirmed the problems with current planning applications described above, explaining that current planning processes struggle to communicate properly with the public, and are bogged down with applications and Information overload with over-reliance on 2D architectural diagrams that most people cannot comprehend. PlanBase makes it easier to digest that information in 3D, and the online platform will make it more accessible for everyone to have their say. A recent survey by Talk London, which received over 1,000 respondents, overwhelmingly revealed that 87% of Londoners care strongly about new developments and would want to engage with planning if it was easier to do so, with 70% of those people surveyed suggesting it would ideally be done in 3D. As a tech start-up 3D Repo employs just 11 people but is already transforming how construction projects are designed and delivered by democratising data, mitigating risk, and reducing complexity for architects, engineers, and contractors. 3D Repo's collaborative online platform has already been used on some of the most challenging construction projects in the UK, including King's Cross station remodelling, Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, and London's Wood Wharf District. THE BASICS OF PLANBASE Through its work with GLA, the CIC partners and its own research with residents and multiple planning professionals, 3D Repo has become well aware of the issues involved in widening informed access to planning processes. This points to a lack of understanding of proposals presented in 2D formats, unreadable textual submissions and a lack of opportunity to post comments and suggestions. 75% of respondents to the Talk London survey expressed their dissatisfaction that what comments they did make were not acknowledged nor considered during planning. From the planners' point of view, despite placing planning portals online, very few comments were being submitted. To address the problems, and to provide the 'wow factor' and visual narrative that were needed to engage with the public, 3D Repo designed PlanBase, a 3D Repo 16 March/April 2020
CASE study 3D Repo PlanBase - Planning overview 3D Repo PlanBase - Power dashboard Digital Construction Platform in the cloud: https://3drepo.com. This gives residents and planners the ability to review proposals in 3D and comment on them. Using the interactive 2D Geographical Information System (GIS) interfaces in PlanBase, users can also drop pins based on a specific topic and provide feedback directly in 3D. This is a far cry from current practices, which require residents and objectors to provide written submissions or email relevant information, for planners to collate, analyse and respond to manually - with scant discussion with the correspondents and extending planning processes by weeks or even months. Users are instead provided with a friendly and accessible solution which has been tested by thousands of construction workers (not always the most tech savvy of users) over the years. And, being open-sourced, PlanBase is totally free - a business model that 3D Repo has been using successfully for the past 5 years. Although it operates as a standalone website it can also be embedded into existing planning portals, making it unique amongst the competition. It's also AEC ready, with a BIM background rather than being built on top of a GIS solution, unlike its rivals, and can therefore become part of the whole lifecycle of a building project. PlanBase goes much further, though. Developers of large projects can place their 3D models in fully rendered augmented reality and immersive VR environments, where all associated issues can be factored into the planning process - design, environment, property, transport, education, health, community and leisure - and make suggestions and revise plans, with all changes being recorded and subsequently available through 3D repo's patent pending 3D Diff software, which is able to highlight changes between revisions. PlanBase will also become the basis of a London Digital Twin. Storing all the submissions, GLA, 33 London Boroughs and British Land will over time build a complete, BIM enriched model of the whole of London. To support the development of such a model, existing 3D Repo APIs will provide additional business intelligence and feedback aggregation without any human bias or tampering, improving on transparency and accountability. The involvement of the public does not need to stop when the planning application is approved. Site managers can continue to make the project available online, providing an opportunity for continuing public involvement throughout the construction lifecycle - and potentially beyond. THE AIM OF PLANBASE PlanBase is designed to deliver a better understanding of planning proposals and the impact of both the finished buildings and their construction while also providing the ability to comment on specific areas and topics throughout the entire project lifecycle. It will promote better understanding of the wider narrative within the context of the whole city including public transport, GLA and Local Councils, and provide better analysis and data mining capabilities including the ability to preview 4D construction schedules. It also fulfils the aims of the National Digital Twin Programme required by the Treasury and the Centre for Digital Built Britain. Developers will also have an improved means of promoting their projects to the public and other stakeholders. THE PILOT METHODOLOGY It has to be stressed that PlanBase is aimed at promoting a pilot project which will test the validity of a full-scale application. It has been developed to look at user interaction, preview relevant project information and collect feedback by dropping 'pins' based on specific topics of interest. 3D Repo's key objective was to increase engagement and interactivity while reducing unnecessary clutter. During the pilot, 3D Repo aims to deploy PlanBase on a test scheme with a local council so that the interactive user interface can be tested with residents en masse, evaluating initial input requirements gathered with a select group of planning professionals from GLA and local councils. The entire interface will then be evaluated, including user journeys for planners, the admin interface and integrations for actual deployment, and live workshops with willing participants will be set up to get early design feedback from residents. The observation of system interaction and usability will help 3D Repo to tweak and improve the design even further. Finally, a live scheme will be run in parallel with the existing planning portal for consultation purposes to compare and contrast KPIs, and prove the advantages of PlanBase. https://3drepo.com March/April 2020 17
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