victoria hills

Chief executive of the RTPI Victoria Hills has written to the UK Government setting out the institute’s priorities for planning in 2020.

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.