Awards may be given to boroughs, developers, consultants, community groups, public agencies, partnerships and other teams.  All entries will be expected to fulfill the objectives of the London Plan and demonstrate how they meet the specific criteria outlined under each of the award categories.   You can enter your own work or nominate someone else's.   The scale of development of position of the entrant is not necessarily relevant to the evaluation of achievement (except for the Built Project - Community Scale category).  Entrants/nominees do not need to be members of the RTPI or London First.  In the case of nominations the judges will approach the nominees for further information.

Entries will generally be judged on their progress over the past two years (with the exception of the Best Built Project - Five Years on Category).

Criteria for the individual awards is:

Best Built Project (sponsored by CB Richard Ellis)

Open to recently completed or substantially completed developments which have:

• Maximised the potential of the site
• Addressed climate change
• Delivered benefits for the wider public
• Achieved high quality design and enhanced the public realm

Best Built Project - Community Scale Scheme (sponsored by Land Securities)

Open to recently completed or substantially completed small scale developments (typically less than ten residential units or equivalent in other land uses) which have:

• Maximised the potential of the site
• Addressed climate change
• Delivered benefits for the wider public
• Achieved high quality design and enhanced the public realm
• Involved the local community in decision-making

Best Conceptual Project (sponsored by Berwin Leighton Paisner)

Open to submissions such as masterplans, frameworks, concepts, planning briefs or policy documents (not planning applications or unimplemented permissions) which would:

1. Contribute to London's World City status and/or regenerate areas of deprivation
2. Maximise the potential of an area
3. Address climate change
4. Tackle long-standing planning problems

Best New Place to Live

Open to recently completed residential developments which:

• Demonstrate good quality design and public realm
• Have access to a good range of facilities
• Include a diverse range of accommodation, especially family accommodation

Best New Public Space (sponsored by Lovells)

Open to anyone responsible for the provision or new or upgraded public space demonstrating:

• Successful integration with surrounding uses
• Cost-effective future maintenance
• Established management regime
• Access for all
• Respect for all stakeholders
• Achievements which can be used as a model for work elsewhere

Best Built Project - Five Years On (Sponsored by GVA Grimley)

Open to developments completed between 1991 - 2004, the judges will be looking for projects thyat have stood the test of time by:

• Providing a good environment with appropriate maintenance
• Being in full use
• Maintaining a good standard of appearance
• Having acted as a catalyst for local development/regeneration

Best Historic Building Management (sponsored by English Heritage)

A new category for 2009 and open to projects which have led to investment and re-use of historic places in London.   Eligible entries include characterisation projects, appraisals, design statements or management plans alongside investment programmes.  the judges are looking for:

• Relevance to the Planning system (as opposed to the detail of the historic or architectural merit)
• Addressing planning challences of bringing new uses to underused/disused buildings
• Improving the environmental performance of the historic building(s).

MAYORS PLANNING AWARD

The Mayor will select the winner of his Award for Planning Excellence from the shortlist.

Author:

Judy Woollett

Publisher:

The Royal Town Planning Institute

Date:

17-Sep-09

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