The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)'s Digital Planning Programme and PUBLIC are co-delivering Round 6 of the PropTech Innovation Fund.

This fund provides an opportunity for UK-based property technology (PropTech) companies, local authorities, private sector, and third sector organisations to collaboratively leverage PropTech to tackle some of the biggest challenges in planning and housebuilding.

Want to apply? 
Join us on 17 March

Round 6

PropTech
Innovation Fund

The PropTech Innovation Fund is MHCLG’s flagship programme to support testing and scaling digital innovation across the planning and housebuilding process. At the core of the fund is collaboration across tech companies, local authorities, industry, community organisations, and academia, leveraging technology to improve the way places are designed, planned, and built. 

The Fund was introduced in July 2021 to enable the UK’s PropTech sector and local planning authorities to work together across key planning and housing challenges like planning consultations, land assessment, and infrastructure modelling. To date, the fund has supported 100+ collaborative pilots, contributing to the growing evidence base about PropTech’s potential for improving planning and housebuilding across the UK. 

You can find information about previous rounds 1-4 of funding here and round 5 here, where PropTech companies have worked with public and private partners to leverage frontier technology like AI and digital twins to tackle bottlenecks in site identification, viability assessment, consultation analysis, and more.

What is the PropTech Innovation Fund?

Matchmaking Event
17 March | The Barbican Centre

Interested in Applying for Round 6 of the PropTech Innovation Fund?
Sign up for the Matchmaking Event on 17 March!

Register to Attend

To apply for this round of the PropTech Innovation Fund - delivered by PUBLIC and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's Digital Planning UK Gov programme - you must apply as part of a consortium of partner organisations from across the sector.

‍This approach ensures solutions can be tested in real-world environments and encourages projects that  deliver lasting impact and collaboration beyond an initial pilot. 
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In order to support interested applicants to build their consortia, PUBLIC will be running an interactive Matchmaking event on 17 March at The Barbican - this is your chance to connect with other leaders in the planning sector and build a compelling, delivery-ready consortium.

PropTech providers or providers of PropTech solutions

Local planning authorities and development corporations

Developers and assets managers & owners

Academics

Who should attend?

What can you expect?‍

Dedicated information session to ask questions about Round 6 of the PropTech Fund

Detailed discussions around the specific Challenge Areas for Round 6 to gain clarity ahead of submitting your application

Facilitated, tailored matchmaking sessions to connect you with potential partners

Challenge Areas

Round 6 of the PropTech Innovation Fund will be tackling systemic barriers to planning and housebuilding through the adoption, embedding and scaling of innovative PropTech solutions - ultimately supporting the planning system to deliver 1.5 million homes in this Parliament.

This round focuses on two challenges:

How can scalable digital approaches help align evidence and policies across different plan-making boundaries and tiers?

Challenge 1

How can digital interventions reduce delays caused by Section 106 negotiations (e.g. viability) to accelerate local authority decision-making on applications?

Challenge 2

For an overview of the research conducted to select the challenge statements; from our research design, key findings, and prioritisation matrix, to selecting and validating each challenge, you can read our Discovery Report here.

Timeline for Round 6

Challenges
Announced

23 Feb

Applications

Open

4 March

Matchmaking

Event

17 March

Applications
Close

29 April

Winners
Announced

Mid June

Pilots in
Progress

June - Jan

Final
Showcase

Early 2027

Contact Us

Have a question about Round 6? Email the team b below.

Contact Us

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