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The RTPI has urged chief executives at local councils in England to ‘elevate’ their chief planning officer or head of planning to the most senior level of decision-making in the corporate structure.

Local authorities and organisations across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland responded to the RTPI’s call to offer young planners the opportunity to find out what it is like to be a chief planning officer.

The RTPI has committed to increase the diversity of the planning profession. It said the profession should be more representative of the communities it serves.

Housing and communities secretary James Brokenshire has announced a new programme of garden communities, inviting garden town and village developers to bid for additional government support for projects.