public interest

Box-ticking prevents proactive planning

30.01.2019

Laura Edgar

Economic Growth | public interest | RTPI | UK | victoria hills

Under-resourcing and a box-ticking culture has closed off the space planners traditionally used for reflection, professional discretion and proactive planning, according to a report by the RTPI.
Public service: The revival of public sector planning?

23.01.2019

Francesca Perry

austerity | Housing | Planning Law | Professional Development | public interest | Public sector planning | public service | UK

Local authority planning roles are diversifying, councils are delivering services in more innovative ways and borrowing caps have been lifted. are we seeing a reanimation of public sector planning in the UK...
News report: Young Planners' Conference 2018

04.12.2018

Simon Wicks

East Midlands | Environmental | Policy & Politics | public interest | UK | Young Planners' Conference

The 2018 RTPI Young Planners' Conference took place in Nottingham in early November. Simon Wicks reports
Appeal: ‘No public benefit’ to conservation area home

22.05.2017

conservation area | Heritage | Housing | North East | public interest

An inspector has rejected a family’s plans to build a new home with ground-floor facilities for their disabled daughter, ruling that the scheme would bring no public benefit and therefore could not...
Planning and the public interest

10.02.2017

David Blackman

England | NPPF | Policy & Politics | public interest | UK

Planning and planners have arguably fallen in the public’s esteem in recent decades, but their role is crucial to our urban future. It’s time to make planning cool again for the sake of our cities. David...