wellbeing

My view on... The impact of the pandemic

16.09.2020

As working from home becomes the new normal, the issue of housing quality is brought into focus, says chief planner Jennifer Peters

Building places people love – a new reality for planners and developers

10.07.2020

Andrew Taylor FRTPI

The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown are changing the way that people think about the places where they live. Planners and developers need to be able to respond to this new perspective, says...

Diverse thinking and a dash of realism

26.06.2020

Louise Brooke-Smith

If we logged on to every Zoom meeting, Teams gathering, legal seminar or virtual conference bombarding our inboxes, I don’t think we would have got much sleep over the past three months.

What the coronavirus pandemic can teach us about planning for healthy places

10.06.2020

Sarah Smith

Lockdown offers a chance to rethink the way we plan our streets and neighbourhoods - and to make them much healthier places, argues Sarah Smith

Valuing values should be the talk of the town

02.04.2020

Louise Brooke-Smith

What can Judy Garland teach us about good planning? Louise Brooke-Smith explains...

Places should contribute to healthy mental wellbeing

06.03.2020

Melissa Balk

Mental health and wellbeing should join climate change and biodiversity at the top of the town planning agenda, says Melissa Balk.

Pull down the barriers to build better planning careers

20.02.2020

Alexandra Egge

Design | England | Infrastructure - Transport | transport planning | wellbeing

Planners should remove the barriers between different specialisms to make planning more inclusive, says Alexandra Egge.

Careers Month 2020: 'Buy-in' – the secret to staff wellbeing at Mattinson Partnership

04.02.2020

David Mattinson

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Careers Month 2020

03.02.2020

The Planner

February is Careers Month with The Planner, and we'll be running a series of themed features, opinion pieces, case studies and advice articles throughout the month, to accompany our 2020 Careers Survey...

The feelgood factor: Is planning paying enough attention to employee wellbeing?

31.01.2020

Serena Ralston

Employers are facing greater expectations that they will provide for staff wellbeing in the workplace. How does planning fare? Serena Ralston finds out.

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