AI system
- System
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Bespoke planning-consultation LLM with the Opus Consult platform
- Model
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Not assessed
- Release
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Not assessed
- Application developer
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University of Liverpool (LLM); JDi Solutions (Opus Consult platform)
- Role
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Not assessed
- Configuration
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Not assessed
- Inputs and outputs
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Not assessed
- Autonomy
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Not assessed
- Workflow
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The model was developed with 15 years of consultation material, including over 55,000 representations and planning-specific terminology. It was soft-launched in three supplementary-planning-document consultations in winter 2024–25.
- Human oversight
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Not assessed
- Relation to AI
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The source attributes draft summaries and thematic analysis to the bespoke LLM. The reported time comparison concerns summarization, while officers continue to read every representation. The source does not establish improved consultation decisions.
- AI contribution
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The source attributes draft summaries and thematic analysis to the bespoke LLM. The reported time comparison concerns summarization, while officers continue to read every representation. The source does not establish improved consultation decisions.
Benefits
- Outcome identifiers
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Not assessed
- Benefit
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Greater Cambridge reports that a consultation-summary task fell from 18.5 officer hours to 16 AI minutes while officers still read every response.
- Category
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Improved Organizational Efficiency
- Status
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Reported and intended benefits
- Beneficiary groups
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Organizations. People. Society.
- Beneficiaries
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Not assessed
- Reach
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Not assessed
- Distribution and access
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Not assessed
- Duration
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Not assessed
- Expected?
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Yes
- Costs and harms
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Not assessed
Measurement
- Studies
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Not assessed
- Study design
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Not assessed
- Measurement
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Not assessed
- Setting and sample
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Not assessed
- Measures
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Not assessed
- Comparison
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Not assessed
- Results
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Not assessed
- Additional value from AI
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Not assessed
- Limitations
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Not assessed
- Denominators
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Not assessed
- Materials for replication
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Not assessed
Money
- Kind of value
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Not assessed
- Amount
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Not assessed
- Currency and prices
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Not assessed
- Period and unit
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Not assessed
- Realization
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Not assessed
- Recipients and payers
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Not assessed
- Gross or net
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Not assessed
- Included costs
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Not assessed
- Comparison
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Not assessed
- Method
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Not assessed
- Return and payback
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Not assessed
People and places
- Participants
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Developer: University of Liverpool (LLM); JDi Solutions (Opus Consult platform). Operator: Greater Cambridge Shared Planning service.
- Jurisdictions
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Benefit:
United Kingdom. - Ownership and control
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Not assessed
- Dependencies
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Not assessed
- Cross-border connections
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Not assessed
- Geopolitical implications
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Not assessed
Follow-up
- Conditions for replication
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The reported workflow retains officer reading of every representation. The source does not establish which data or model conditions are necessary to reproduce the reported saving.
- Replication attempts
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Not assessed
- Later findings
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Not assessed
- Availability
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Not assessed
- Institutional decision
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Not assessed
- Grounds
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Not assessed
- Action and result
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Not assessed
- Success criterion
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Not assessed
Evidence
- Source numbers
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AIBD-0547-source-0001
- Citations
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Numbered references below.
- Language
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Not assessed
- Source relationships
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Operator
- Original evidence
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Not assessed
- Access and versions
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Not assessed
- Supported findings
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Not assessed
- Evidence links
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Not assessed
- Evidence strength
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Not assessed
- Missing evidence
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Not assessed
Grades
- Assessed benefits
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Organizations. People. Society.
- Depth
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Organizations: 1. People: 1. Society: Not assessed.
- Reasons
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Organizations: The completed summary task and soft launch in three consultations support time savings. People: Less summary-writing work frees officers for analysis and engagement. This is a task-time benefit. Society: Improved public participation is intended. Its extent is unknown.
- Observed or intended
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Reported and intended benefits
- Rubric
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Not assessed
- Assessor and date
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Not assessed
- Alternative assessments
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Not assessed
- Fill
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The deployer's account
Entry details
- Kind
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Not assessed
- Related entries
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Not assessed
- Field
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Planning and public consultation.
- Purpose
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Summarize planning-consultation representations and identify themes while retaining officer review.
- Dates
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Source published: 17 July 2025. Updated: 22 October 2026.
- Stage
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Not assessed
- Version
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SHA-256: de34075f0d4b…
References
- Other identifiers
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LGA AI case-study bank. LGA-007.
- Category mappings
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Not assessed
- Brief
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Not assessed
- Revisions
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1 revisions. Latest: 22 October 2026.