By Kieran Kumaria We can predict how people will vote, so why not analyse the data on what makes an area more or less likely to welcome new development? Perhaps unsurprisingly, the biggest indicator is house prices, but some of the other results are unexpected…. Kieran Kumaria explains Everyone involved in planning has seen this movie before. Councillors try to be responsive to their electorate, trying to find out what they want and worry about so that new development works for everyone. The problem is they always end up asking the same residents: serial responders to local plan consultations….