wellbeing

Framework published for homes that provide better quality of life

01.03.2021

Laura Edgar

Campaigning & Advocacy | England | Health | sadie morgan | wellbeing

The Quality of Life Foundation has launched a framework that seeks to address the changes that the development industry can make to make sure that homes are ‘acquired, planned, constructed and managed to actively provide a better quality of life for everyone’.

Pandemic reminds us of planning’s capacity to influence wellbeing

10.02.2021

Michael Chang

covid-19 | Health | public health | UK | wellbeing

Covid-19 has ruthlessly exposed health inequalities relating to place. Planners have the tools to address these, argues Michael Chang

Highway to health: Can planning secure better health outcomes?

02.02.2021

Simon Wicks

Environmental | Health | placemaking | UK | wellbeing

Planners are aware of the potential of planning to deliver better public health outcomes, Simon Wicks reports – but sceptical about whether the political will exists to enable this

Working well: What The Planner Careers Survey tells us about the wellbeing of planners

02.02.2021

Simon Wicks

Health | UK | wellbeing | workplace

It's been a stressful year for everyone - including planners, as our annual Careers Survey revealed

News analysis: Steve Quartermain's Take Five

15.12.2020

Laura Edgar

Soon after becoming England’s chief planner, Steve Quartermain attended the launch of a land use report produced by the Government Office for Science. One thing that people want from the planning system, it was agreed, was to be happy.

Louise Brooke-Smith: It's the name of the game

25.11.2020

Louise Brooke-Smith

Record Breakers was a fabulous TV programme when I was growing up, writes Louise Brooke-Smith. The sheer infectious energy that Roy Castle brought to millions of viewers from the early 1970s...

News report: Scottish Planner Live

16.11.2020

Laura Edgar and Matt Moody

Laura Edgar and Matt Moody report from the Scottish Planner Live, which considered how to embed place and health in development plan policy.

In a lonely place: The social impact of permitted development

10.11.2020

Jacob George

Can the permitted development right to convert offices into housing create functioning communities? Here’s what RTPI student research award-winner Jacob George found when he surveyed the...

Revisiting the ‘ground rules’ of design can support better social interaction

26.10.2020

Elad Eisenstein

The coronavirus epidemic gives us pause for thought, says Elad Eisenstien - and an opportunity to completely rethink how we design our living environments

Louise Brooke-Smith: Supporting at a time of change

26.10.2020

Louise Brooke-Smith

Many of us are sometimes asked to support or mentor someone. It could be a student deciding on a particular direction or sector to follow, or a graduate hoping to land their first real job.

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