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.

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Matthew Burgess
http://www.mattburgess.co
I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.