Introduction

The UK’s ambitions to deliver fairly distributed opportunities across different geographic communities and meet the demands of a growing population will require significant land use change in the coming decades.

With the Geospatial Commission setting out their 2030 strategy comes a very timely opportunity to speak with two primary experts & leaders of the National Land Data Programme (NLDP) initiative - Professor Louise Heathwaite and Thalia Baldwin.

They spoke with RICS’ James Kavanagh on The RICS Podcast this week about the key land use challenges, innovative data analysis, and strategies for better understanding unique geographical needs.

This episode of The RICS Podcast covers:

• The impact of the Geospatial Commission’s 2030 strategy
• Integral links between the commission and the vital area of land use
• Recent trends of increased urgency, scale, and quality of technology
• The biggest data challenges that’ll make the land use decision-making tool more proactive