- Published date:
- 09 April 2025
UK PropTech sector to Accelerate Innovation and Economic Growth Through Government Partnership
9th April, 2025
The PropTech sector has a critical role to play in digitally transforming the planning system, aiding town centre regeneration, unlocking new homes, and delivering its AI strategy. Through the formation of a new grant funded partnership with MHCLG’s Digital Planning programme, the UK PropTech Association aims to build awareness of the sector with key partners and foster greater collaboration to increase economic growth and productivity.
The partnership follows the recent launch of The Opportunity for PropTech: Leveraging technology for the UK’s built environment, which was commissioned by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to support its Digital Planning Programme. The report highlighted the significant increase in investment opportunities for the sector, given its projected growth potential of 19.7% by 2032,. and contained a number of measures designed to deliver growth and drive investment.
The new partnership is designed to translate some of these into deliverable outcomes and comes at a crucial time for the Government as it seeks to reform the planning system and implement its AI Opportunities Action Plan. Specifically, the new partnership will seek to drive enhanced outcomes in the following areas:
- Enhanced Collaboration: Greater connectivity between PropTech suppliers, private sector companies, and public sector organisations, resulting in a collaborative approach to achieving digital transformation. By hosting regional events, strategic roundtables, and working groups, the partnership will be used to create a collaborative ecosystem that drives innovation and ensures stakeholders are aligned in addressing systemic challenges.
- Increased Awareness: Broader industry awareness of PropTech solutions and the role of PropTech across the UK, highlighting successful implementations and identifying opportunities to tackle specific industry (and local) challenges. By addressing market barriers and facilitating greater awareness of PropTech solutions, the programme will accelerate adoption across regions and sectors. Regional roadshows and the curation of resources for PropTech companies to help them grow and scale in the UK.
- Policy Recommendations: A set of actionable policy recommendations to support government interventions aimed at accelerating PropTech adoption across the property sector. Through strategic roundtables and working groups, the programme will identify regulatory and market challenges and co-develop actionable policy recommendations. These recommendations will support the government in creating an environment conducive to PropTech innovation, including streamlined regulations, procurement reforms, and incentives for early adoption.
- PropTech Growth: Enhanced support for PropTech companies, including access to more resources, support and market integration opportunities, enabling them to scale and innovate within the UK property market. By enabling the scaling of PropTech companies and encouraging widespread adoption of technology, the programme will contribute to economic growth and position the UK as a global leader in PropTech innovation, enhancing its competitive edge.
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