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UK: Drones to check planning applications

11 April 2016

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"Drones are being used by councils in England to fly over the homes of people making planning applications, the Daily Telegraph has learned.

A Freedom of Information survey of hundreds of councils found that a dozen had admitted to using or hiring drones. Two councils – Epping Forest and Moray – said the drones could be used to check on planning applications.

Other councils had used them to check on conditions of council buildings, to survey dangerous structures and monitor on coastal erosion.

The revelation last night raised questions over privacy. The Liberal Democrats called for a code of practice to govern how councils use drones while the information watchdog said it was “concerned” by the news and said councils should consider whether drones were “necessary and proportionate”."

See the story: Drones to check planning applications(The Telegraph, link)

And see: Back from the battlefield: domestic drones in the UK

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