Simon Wicks

Planning reform can deliver wellbeing in Northern Ireland

13.09.2018

Simon Wicks

Department for infrastructure | Health | Northern Ireland | RTPI Northern Ireland

Planning reform provides a platform to tackle poverty and promote wellbeing, according to Northern Ireland’s new permanent secretary at the Department for Infrastructure.

Study revealing poor quality of office-to-residential conversions wins RTPI’s top research award

04.09.2018

Simon Wicks

A study that exposes the low quality of residential dwellings converted from offices without the need for planning permission has won the leading award at the RTPI’s 2018 Research Excellence Awards.

Lesson of the master: An interview with David Rudlin

31.08.2018

Simon Wicks

As a director of URBED, chair of the Academy of Urbanism and winner of the 2014 Wolfson Prize for...

Convention 2018: Overview – Paths to resilience

30.07.2018

Simon Wicks

Planning needs to reclaim its leadership role – and attract a wider range of young people into its ranks – if it is to help shape a nation that can face the future with confidence

Victoria Clock Tower at Liverpool Waters

Liverpool Waters: What heritage is at stake?

30.05.2018

Simon Wicks

Much of the debate about the Liverpool Waters scheme revolves around the site’s World Heritage Listing. But what’s actually listed, and why?

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