Planning Consultancy of the Year Award 2009
02-Jul-09
We are now accepting entries for this award with a closing date of Monday 28th September.
There are three categories for this award: Planning Consultancy, Small Planning Consultancy and Planning Consultant.
These awards recognise the diversity of the planning consultancy sector and its clients and the variety of work involved. All types of planning consultancy activity and businesses are equally eligible. Entries may be based on a broad range of different types of work or on a narrower specialist area. Generalist and specialist entries will be given equal consideration. The emphasis in the assessment process will be on the quality of work, not on the breadth, scale, value or geographical spread of projects undertaken or commercial performance
ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible for entry for the 2009 award the consultancy must have at least one chartered town planner (MRTPI or FRTPI) who is a principal, partner, director or in permanent employment (including self employment at 1 September 2009). A permanent trading address in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands at 1 September 2009.
And for the purposes of this award scheme, a Small Planning Consultancy is defined as a practice employing no more than 10 chartered town planners. A Planning Consultant is defined as a chartered town planner who is the sole fee earner in the practice.
HOW TO ENTER
The entry process is on-line.
ENTRY MATERIALS
You need to supply a summary of no more than 500 words explaining the consultancy's approach, its capacity to undertake planning and related work, its planning experience and its commitment to improved planning practice. It is important that the entry fulfills the judging criteria. You will then be asked to supply a description of four specific projects on which significant consultancy input has been required during the year ending 1 September 2009. These should be posted to the RTPI at 41 Botolph Lane, EC3R 8DL.
Our expert judging panel this year comprises:
Pat Castledine, Consents Manager, HS1, representing the RTPI
Nigel Hawkey, Head of Planning, Quintain and representing the British Property Federation
David Hackforth, President, Planning Officers Society
For queries re this award please email: awards@rtpi.org.uk or phone: 020 7929 9473
Previous winners of this award:
2002: EDAW
2003: Urban Initiatives
2004: Entec UK Ltd
2005: Adams Hendry Consulting Ltd
2006: Addison & Associates (special award for promoting and adopting best practice)
2007: Arup
2008: Large Planning Consultancy : Savills (Commendation to Urban Vision)
Small Planning Consultancy : Strategic Planning
Planning Consultant: (Commendation to Jam Consult)
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These awards are run in association with Planning Magazine. The Presentation will take place at the London Hilton on Thursday 4th February 2010.
- Author:
- Judy Woollett
- Publisher:
- The Royal Town Planning Institute
- Date:
- 02-Jul-09
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