The Hidden Values in Building Plans: What Cities Are Missing

🏗️ Why Building Plans Reveal More Than You Think

Every building plan holds more than just technical information - it outlines what is allowed, possible, and legally defined for a given site. Yet in most city administrations, this data remains unused or buried in static PDFs, limiting strategic planning.

Cities that want to unlock and steer development potential need more than filling systems - they need AI.

🤖 How PropCorn Analyzes Plans Automatically

PROPCORN AI uses OCR (optical character recognition) and artificial intelligence to extract key decision-relevant data from uploaded plan PDFs - in seconds.

This includes:

• Gross flor area (GFA)

• Floor heights and building volume

• Usage types (e.g. residential, commercial)

• Setback distances, height limits, buildable envelopes

• Legal constraints based on zoning and building codes

🧠 Why This Matters for Cities

Many municipalities work with generic or outdated assumptions. Original planning documents often show:

• More GFA than previously calculated

• Densification potential within existing limits

• Incorrect land use categories in official records

With PROPCORN AI, cities can:

• Correct faulty assumptions in seconds

• Unlock inner-city development without rezoning

Build legal certainty in tenders, planning processes, and funding applications

🔍 PROPCORN AI in Action

Example: A municipality wants to assess land reserves across several neighborhoods. Using PROPCORN’s AI filters and zoning intelligence, the team quickly identifies:

• “Densification opportunities within residential zones”

• “Misaligned land use entries compared to official zoning”

  
  

→ Result: 14 parcels with densification potential totaling over 4.387 m² of additional residential space - fully visualized and legally contextualized.

🌍 From Paper Files to Strategic Insight

Cities that analyze building plans with PROPCORN AI don’t just extract data - they gain a powerful basis for active land policy, sustainable planning, and funding strategies.

👉 Upload a plan and try PropCorn’s analysis

📍 See how it works in actions 

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