RTPI Planning Awards 2011 - winners

The presentation for the RTPI Planning Awards 2011 took place on Thursday 23 February 2012 at the Lancaster London, in a ceremony attended by Clive Betts MP, Chair of the influential CLG Select Committee, and Colin Haylock, President of the RTPI.

There are two types of category in the RTPI Planning Awards awards for projects, and awards for people. For the winners of the awards for people, please see the Young Planner of the Year Award, Planning Consultancy Awards and Education & Lifelong Learning Awards.

Congratulations to all the winners, in particular TAYplan Proposed Strategic Development Plan - winner of the Silver Jubilee Cup, the top accolade for excellence in planning.

The full list of winners and commendations in the project categories is below:

Sustainable communities

• Winner: Low Carbon Bath; Centre for Sustainable Energy with the Bath Preservation Trust
• Commendation: Chester Point; Chester & District Housing Trust

City & Metropolitan

• Commendation: PorthTeigr; igloo Regeneration Ltd

Local Regeneration and Renewal

• Winner: Saint Anne's Square, Belfast; WDR & RT Taggart
• Commendation: Polkemmet Restoration; West Lothian Council

Rural Areas & the Natural Environment

• Winner: Argyll and Bute Woodland and Forestry Strategy; Argyll and Bute Council
• Commendation: Burnhill Green; Entec UK for The Crown Estate

Planning process

• Winner: Site Waste Management Plan Implementation; Brighton & Hove City Council
• Commendation: Blueprint; Winchester City Council

Heritage, arts, sports, culture

• Winner: High House Production Park; High House Production Park Ltd
• Commendation: Stubb Mill Restoration Project; Broads Authority

Public realm

• Winner: The Better Southend Project; Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
• Commendation: Lime Street Gateway; Glenn Howells Architects

Spatial Strategies

• Winner: TAYplan Proposed Strategic Development Plan; TAYplan Strategic Development Planning Authority Silver Jubilee Cup winner
• Highly Commended: Joint Core Strategy for GNDP; Greater Norwich Development Partnership
• Commendation: Liverpool Green Infrastructure Strategy; The Mersey Forest

Planning for business

• Winner: Shaftesbury Villages; Rolfe Judd
• Commendation: The Edinburgh Planning Concordat; City of Edinburgh Council

Judges' Special Award

• Olympic Park Stratford E20; Olympic Delivery Authority.

President's Special Award

• The Northern Ireland Planning Service

Our panel of judges were as follows:

• Leonora Rozee OBE MRTPI, (Chair) formerly Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Policy Quality and Development Plans, The Planning Inspectorate
• Professor Chris Couch MRTPI, (Chair) formerly Head of the School of Planning, Liverpool John Moores University
• Don Alder MRTPI, Consultant and formerly Head of Environmental Services, Taunton Deane Borough Council