East of England Awards for Planning Excellence Shortlist
The RTPI East of England Awards for Planning Excellence 2025 showcase and celebrate the best plans, projects and people.
Congratulations to the following entries that have been selected for our 2025 shortlist:
Bedford Schools Programme, entered by Bidwells, Best Project
DLA Town Planning, Mid-Size Planning Consultancy of the Year
Errin Marshall, Young Planner of the Year
Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service, Planning Authority of the Year
Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre, entered by Lawson Planning Partnership Ltd, Best Project
Little Reddings Primary School, Bushey, entered by Smith Jenkins Ltd, Best Project
Norfolk and Waveney Community Diagnostic Centres Programme, entered by Bidwells, Best Project
Sophia Nitschke, Young Planner of the Year
South Norfolk and Broadland Councils, Planning Authority of the Year
The East Suffolk Healthy Environments Supplementary Planning Document, entered by East Suffolk Council, Best Plan
The Greater Norwich Local Plan, entered by The Greater Norwich Development Partnership (Broadland District Council, Norwich City Council, South Norfolk Council), Best Plan
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, Planning Authority of the Year
Join us to celebrate regional excellence
Now that our regional shortlist is out, we are looking forward to meeting and giving recognition to the planners and teams who have delivered such inspiring work this past year.
We hope you can join us for our East of England celebration event on Wednesday, 18 June, where we will be announcing and honouring our local winners. The Awards ceremony will be held at the Graduate Cambridge in Cambridge.
A stepping stone to our national celebration
All the East of England Awards local winning entries will be put forward for the RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence national awards*. The national finalists will be announced in mid-October. And the winners will be honoured at a celebration ceremony taking place in London on 27 November.
*All Young Planner of the Year winners will be entered into the national shortlist and will be judged by the national judges and the top five will become national finalists.
Sponsors
Best Plan Category Sponsor: Planning Authority of the Year Sponsor:
Young Planner Category Sponsor:
For more information
For questions about the shortlisting and celebration event please visit the awards hub or contact Fiona Fowell, RTPI East of England Regional Coordinator.
