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Young Planner of the Year - previous winners

Young Planner of the Year 2011

The winner of the Young Planner of the Year Award 2011 is Nikola Miller, who was presented with her award at the RTPI Planning Awards ceremony on 23 February 2012 at the Lancaster, London.

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After a very high standard of submissions from all the initial candidates, the judges agreed a shortlist for Young Planner of the Year 2011. Voting by members on that shortlist produced the finalists, each of whomg ave a presentation to the judges in early January 2012.

This year's judges are:

Steve Quartermain, Chief Planner, DCLG
Adrian Penfold, Head of Planning and Environment, British Land
Andrew Taylor, Assistant Director Planning and Building Control, Uttlesford Borough Council and RTPI Trustee
Bryan Johnston, Consultant Editor, Planning magazine

Congratulations to all our finalists, who were as follows:

Congratulations to Sarah Foster, RTPI Young Planner of the Year 2010

Sarah Foster, Planning Manager at the Peak District National Park Authority, received the most votes from members to become Young Planner of the Year.

Pictured (left to right), Richard Summers RTPI President, Sarah Foster, and Alice Lester of the Planning Advisory Service.

Sarah has been invited to attend the APA's National Planning Conference in Boston from 9 - 12 April 2011 with all flights and accommodation paid for.

Additionally, she has been offered a free place at the Planning Summer School where she will be asked to give a talk on her experiences in Boston, a free place at the RTPI Convention in June and an opportunity to speak at the annual RTPI Young Planners' Conference.

Young Planners Think Tank Group

From 2010,all shortlisted candidates will be offered the chance to join the recently formed Young Planners Think Tank Group (YPTTG). This group provides independent advice, innovative ideas and a fresh perspective to key agencies and organisations that influence the function and delivery of the planning system in the UK., ie CLG, The Environment Agency, PINS, Devolved Parliaments, TCPA etc. It will provide an opportunity for key planning organisations to get a different, unique, fresh and thought-provoking perspective on their plans/programmes/proposals. This group meets at least twice a year.

Congratulations to Tom Venables, RTPI Young Planner of the Year 2009

Tom travelled to New Orleans last year to attend the APA National Planning Conference and reported back to Planning Summer School on his time there. Tom also spoke at the RTPI Planning Convention in June 2010.

Tom Venables, Associate Director with AECOM Design and Planning