Briefing room

• 'Like' Proud of Planners on Facebook
• Read Dr Peter Geraghty's inauguration speech
• Listen to the podcast of the speech
• Follow Dr Geraghty on Twitter @rtpipres

• Catch up the the BBC2 programme The Planners on iplayer
• Does the programme accurately portray the profession? Discuss with RTPI members on LinkedIn.
• Want to know more about how you become a planner?

• See our latest news releases.
• Want to know our top lines on planning issues?
• Do you work in the media and want to get in touch?

• Read out latest briefing to MPs on the project.
• Read our news release on a Map for England
• Have a look at the Map
• Read the study by the University of Manchester

• See RTPI Cymru's work on forthcoming legislation,  and RTPI Cymru defending the planning system in Wales
• Read RTPI Scotland's paper on Resources and Performance
• View RTPI Northern Ireland's policy pages

Planning helps to shape the places where people live and work but all too often it is unfairly characterised as a barrier to growth and an obstacle to progress. The RTPI aims to dispel these and other myths about planning in our ongoing Planning Myths campaign.

• Read our news release about the RTPI's planning myths campaign
• Download the planning myths paper