Simon Wicks

Simon Wicks is the features editor of The Planner magazine.

Glasgow City Deal: Case study - On the road again

23.05.2019

Simon Wicks

Community Infrastructure | glasgow city deal | Housing | Ravenscraig | Regeneration | Regeneration | Scotland

Location: Ravenscraig, a 455-hectare vacant site in North Lanarkshire, 17 miles east of Glasgow
Project:...
News report: ‘Boys’ club’ culture is holding back women in planning, research suggests

21.05.2019

Simon Wicks

discrimination | diversity | equality | Professional Development | UK | women in planning

A widespread boys’ club mentality is limiting women’s opportunities in the workplace, new research by the RTPI suggests.
Tech landscape: The data dilemma

17.05.2019

Simon Wicks

Data | data protection | GDPR | plantech | tech landscape | Technology | UK

In the first of a two-part look at the relationship between planning, digital technology and ethics, Simon Wicks considers the ethics of data collection.
Tech landscape: Informed application

14.03.2019

Simon Wicks

England | LandEnhance | plantech | Proptech | tech landscape | Technology

A digital platform that does the work of researching the application history of sites and districts for you? Grace Manning-Marsh tells Simon Wicks why LandEnhance can improve applications while releasing...
All inclusive: The organisations promoting diversity in planning

27.02.2019

Simon Wicks

diversity | diversity issue | inclusion | Professional Development | UK

Statistics suggest that planing and related built environment professions are not representative of the UK population as a whole. Simon Wicks profiles some of the organisations working towards greater...

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