Atlas AI for Architects: Planning Questions, Sources and Review

Provide the site boundary or clear location, the jurisdiction, intended use and design stage. Explain the decision: whether to commission a survey, compare a massing option, prepare a pre-application question or locate a policy. Separate known facts from assumptions.

For example: “Review the available sources for this English site and identify which flood, heritage and access questions must be resolved before choosing an option.” That is a suggested enquiry, not a promise of complete returned data.

Open the original source for each material statement and check its date, wording and applicability. The current NPPF applies to England and was published on 17 August 2026. In London, the 2021 Plan’s D2/D3 policies use an infrastructure-informed, design-led approach; do not rely on an old PTAL density matrix.

A source from an authoritative publisher can still be misinterpreted or applied to the wrong site. Ask which local records are missing and distinguish adopted policy from emerging material and technical guidance.

For BREEAM, LEED or another certification system, specify the scheme, version, project type and relevant assessment issue. Open the scheme owner’s current documentation and confirm the evidence requirements with the appropriate assessor.

Do not treat a generated credit checklist as an award, a verified score or a substitute for the applicable manual. Where the relevant manual or project evidence is unavailable, keep the question unresolved. This guide does not establish complete knowledge of every certification scheme.

Provide the relevant revision and check which project information is actually available in the current session or saved project. Do not assume every conversation remembers all earlier decisions or that retention is unlimited. Store the approved brief and evidence in the project’s agreed record.

Where an output or diagram is available, inspect it before use. Confirm labels, source attribution, scale or units where relevant and whether the format is supported in the intended workflow. The presence of a diagram does not make its policy interpretation or geometry authoritative.

Use the answer to produce an action list with source links, assumptions, unanswered questions and responsible reviewers. Legal interpretation, measured surveys, ecological assessments and specialist engineering may be needed for the decision.

Start in Atlas AI, check current access and allowances, and read Atlasly’s methodology and limits. The earlier claims of universally correct policy knowledge, unlimited free web usage, automatic certification accuracy and permanent project memory are not substantiated by this guide.