RTPI News

newsAt the centre of Planning magazine you’ll find RTPI News: three pages dedicated to the news and views of the RTPI. Written in an engaging and accessible style, this weekly publication reaches out to members and beyond to converse on current planning issues.

In these pages you’ll find articles by a variety of authors - internally from RTPI staff and externally from the public and private sectors - writing about planning in a local, national and global context. Each week, you’ll be updated on policy, practice and research news from the RTPI as well as the latest continual professional development events taking place across the UK.

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PR 26 - Legislative programme "a mixed bag"
The Draft Legislative Programme is a mixed bag according to the Royal Town Planning Institute, which welcomes the Government’s commitment to pursue the Marine and Coastal Access Bill and the Heritage Protection Bill. However, it has strong concerns about the Government’s failure to outline plans to pursue the affordable housing agenda and is wary of future plans to give regional planning powers to Regional Development Agencies (RDAs)