Using new technology to monitor house building: apply for funding

15 Jul 2019 03:36 PM

Organisations can apply for a share of £1.25 million to devise new ways to monitor house building using satellite imagery and council and other data.

Local authorities in the UK are looking at ways to use new technologies to help their urban planners make better informed decisions.

However, councils often do not have clear information about how new developments in their area are progressing. Up to £1.25 million is available through a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition to investigate how technology could be used to monitor development in the Waltham Forest Council area of East London.

Funding for the competition is through the GovTech Catalyst, which helps public sector bodies to take advantage of new technology.

Find out more about SBRI and how it works.

A timeline of development

The competition aims to investigate how technology could be used to monitor developments of all types, from permission to completion and occupation.

The council is seeking a system that builds an accurate timeline of development that will help its planners to make better informed decisions.

Applicants should:

A 2-phase competition

The competition has 2 phases. In phase 1, applicants will carry out feasibility studies on their proposed solution. Up to £250,000 including VAT is available in phase 1, and as many as 5 projects are expected to be funded.

Contracts worth up to £500,000 each could be awarded to the 2 most promising projects to develop and test a prototype in phase 2.

Competition information

Find out more about this competition and apply.