Related RTPI links
Below you will find a number of related articles, RTPI Learn modules and information realted to the sessions and topics covered during The Planner Live Online series.
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This paper examines how planning can contribute to calls for a sustainable, resilient and inclusive recovery from the current health and economic crisis. It complements our ongoing work to understand how planners are responding to the immediate challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic.
COVID-19: working remotely and mental well-being
A collection of five free general online learning modules to support our members during the Coronavirus pandemic. This includes support for mental wellbeing and transitioning to remote working.
Pragmatic and prepared for the recovery: The planning profession’s rapid response to Covid-19
Outlines the survey findings on how planning departments have been responding to Covid-19. It contributes to the immediate need for guidance on how to maintain effective planning services and will inform RTPI's continuing work with governments across the UK and Ireland. It reviews early lessons and starts to assess how the profession can prepare to support the delivery of a sustainable economic recovery.
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This paper examines how planning can contribute to calls for a sustainable, resilient and inclusive recovery from the current health and economic crisis. It complements our ongoing work to understand how planners are responding to the immediate challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Introduction to Town Planning for mental health, neurological and spectrum conditions
This RTPI Learn module gives an introduction into the relationship between town planning and mental health, neurological and spectrum conditions. Giving a brief overview of the impact of the built environment on well-being through case studies, best practice and published advice.
Town planning and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
This module introduces the UN Sustainable Development Goals for town planners. It outlines what the goals and targets are, with a specific focus on SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities. It includes case studies of good practice focused on what planners can do and the tools and techniques they can use.
Five Reasons For Climate Justice in Spatial Planning
Climate change represents an ethical challenge, as much as a scientific or technical one, which means policy makers must consider not only how and why levels of vulnerability to climate change vary but how their policies benefit or disadvantage particular groups. This position paper outlines the RTPI's viewpoint.
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Pragmatic and prepared for the recovery: The planning profession’s rapid response to Covid-19
Outlines the survey findings on how planning departments have been responding to Covid-19. It contributes to the immediate need for guidance on how to maintain effective planning services and will inform RTPI's continuing work with governments across the UK and Ireland. It reviews early lessons and starts to assess how the profession can prepare to support the delivery of a sustainable economic recovery.
Wider insights from the Profession: The planning profession’s rapid response to Covid-19
This paper contains essays from experts in the planning profession on the profession's rapid response to Covid-19.
This practice advice sets out the duties and responsibilities of being an expert witness, along with top tips on how to improve your performance. It also outlines the procedures for planners to gain professional access to barristers. The RTPI has worked with representatives of the Planning and Environmental Bar Association (PEBA) to publish this practice advice.
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Town planning and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
This module introduces the UN Sustainable Development Goals for town planners. It outlines what the goals and targets are, with a specific focus on SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities. It includes case studies of good practice focused on what planners can do and the tools and techniques they can use.
Five Reasons For Climate Justice in Spatial Planning
Climate change represents an ethical challenge, as much as a scientific or technical one, which means policy makers must consider not only how and why levels of vulnerability to climate change vary but how their policies benefit or disadvantage particular groups. This position paper outlines the RTPI's viewpoint.
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This research examines the impacts of Covid-19 on the built environment, and describes how planning can direct stimulus measures towards a place-based solutions which have local support and achieve multiple benefits.
Better Planning, Better Transport, Better Places
The RTPI contributed to this paper from the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation, which provides practical steps to overcome barriers to sustainable transport during plan-making and development management.
Settlement Patterns, Urban Form and Sustainability
This paper provides evidence on how the built environment shapes travel patterns in ways that affect economic productivity, climate change, public health and the transition to an ageing population.
Place-based solutions to net zero carbon transport: the role of spatial planning
The RTPI is commissioning new research the contribution of spatial planning to transport decarbonisation in different types of place.
Transport for New Homes
The RTPI is on the steering group of Transport for New Homes, which has published reports on car-dependency in new housing developments and in plans for new garden villages and towns.
The largest study of its kind, this research maps and analyses the location of permissions for over 220,000 new homes in 12 fast-growing city-regions between 2012 and 2017.
Why Belfast needs socially inclusive transport infrastructure post-COVID
This blog by Joanna Drennan, RTPI Northern Ireland policy officer, argues that a socially inclusive transport infrastructure is vital for Belfast’s post-pandemic recovery.
Transport Planning Day: 16 November 2020
The RTPI supports Transport Planning Day, which is organised by the Transport Planning Society. It celebrates the achievements of transport planners in creating a sustainable, healthy future.
Want to get involved? The Transport Planning Network is a member-driven forum for transport planners and those with an interest in transport issues. It is run jointly between the RTPI and the Transport Planning Society. To find out more about the RTPI’s work on transport and infrastructure, visit our website.
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Find the latest town planning vacancies.
COVID-19 and member well-being
Take a look at these free support modules we have made available for RTPI members.
These FAQs may answer any queries you have on the Assessment of Professional Competence.
Keeping your skills up-to-date
We have transformed our training programme into online CPD Masterclasses. Each masterclass includes a half day webinar where you can fully interact with an expert trainer and work with other learners in smaller groups. You will have a secure learning platform for each masterclass, where you can share ideas with your peers, reflect on your learning, ask the trainer questions and network online. These sessions can be booked here from only £99.
You can also access bite-sized CPD on other planning topics to ‘learn on the go’ via RTPI Learn
Employment law helpline
This is a free confidential service for RTPI members on employment and HR matters. Log into your RTPI account to access: https://www.rtpi.org.uk/membership/careers-support/
The planning profession’s rapid response to Covid-19
This report presents findings from an RTPI survey on how planning departments have been responding to this unprecedented situation. It reviews early lessons and starts to assess how the profession can prepare to support the delivery of a sustainable economic recovery.
Published alongside is a collection of essays from private sector planning professionals.
The UK Planning Profession in 2019
This report considers the size and makeup of the planning profession. It uses Annual Population Survey data on individuals working in the UK who describe Town Planning Officer as their main occupation. It also draws on the RTPI's membership records and the RTPI Member Survey 2017.
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Child Friendly Planning in the UK: A Review
This report assesses the extent to which planning policies across UK nations can be considered 'child-friendly' with relation to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
This research examines the impacts of Covid-19 on the built environment, and describes how planning can direct stimulus measures towards a place-based solutions which have local support and achieve multiple benefits.
Introduction to Town Planning for mental health, neurological and spectrum conditions
This RTPI Learn module gives an introduction into the relationship between town planning and mental health, neurological and spectrum conditions. Giving a brief overview of the impact of the built environment on well-being through case studies, best practice and published advice.
This blog by executive director at Nexus Planning, Shaun Andrews MRTPI questions inn our drive to meet targets and create dense urban areas, what kind of places are we creating?
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Planning and Design Quality: Creating places where we want to live, work and spend time
Following a survey of our members this report offers recommendations for improving design quality and place making through planning.
Case study: Depot, Lewes Community Screen, Lewes
The Depot, a community cinema, cafe, restaurant and multifunctional space in Lewes is an example of how early engagement with the local planning authority and a community-minded approach can deliver well-designed sustainable places.
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Planning heads issue call for high street experts
The RTPI, one of 13 organisations that makes up the High Streets Task Force (HSTF) which aims to transform Britain’s high streets by rolling out a programme of guidance, training and learning as well as data and research on the management of town and city centres.
This research examines the impacts of Covid-19 on the built environment, and describes how planning can direct stimulus measures towards a place-based solutions which have local support and achieve multiple benefits.
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This research examines the impacts of Covid-19 on the built environment, and describes how planning can direct stimulus measures towards a place-based solutions which have local support and achieve multiple benefits.
Why planning needs better outcome measurement
This blog by Tom Kenny, Policy Officer at the RTPI stresses that planning is about so much more than the number of applications approved and the speed of processing them and outlines our new research project.
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COVID-19 and planning for climate change
A blog by Isabella Krabbe, research officer for climate change at the RTPI, outlines how the impact of the pandemic is an opportunity to ensure the transition to net zero carbon is prioritised and integrated.
Five Reasons For Climate Justice in Spatial Planning
Climate change represents an ethical challenge, as much as a scientific or technical one, which means policy makers must consider not only how and why levels of vulnerability to climate change vary but how their policies benefit or disadvantage particular groups. This position paper outlines the RTPI's viewpoint.
Renewable Energy: planning's role in delivering renewable energy in the new low carbon economy
This practice advice note demonstrates how proactive planning can help deliver renewable energy projects on the ground, outlining key policy initiatives and highlighting good practice case studies throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Rising to the Climate Crisis: A Guide for Local Authorities on Planning for Climate Change
Produced jointly with the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) this guide gives politicians and planners in England the knowledge and confidence to tackle climate change and improve resilience.
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RTPI Scotland has launched it's 10 Big Ideas graphic for NPF4.
Priorities for Planning Reform in England
This paper sets out the RTPI’s analysis of the government’s objectives and proposals for planning reform, as well as RTPI’s own objectives and recommendations. It urges the government to consider a wider set of objectives for planning reform, and to recognise the value of strategic, proactive planning in supporting a sustainable economic recovery.
Manifesto for Planning: Election 2020 (Ireland)
RTPI Ireland and the Irish Planning Institute have collaborated to prepare this manifesto of key commitments which Planners are seeking the new government to commit to.
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This research examines the impacts of Covid-19 on the built environment, and describes how planning can direct stimulus measures towards a place-based solutions which have local support and achieve multiple benefits.
Town planning and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
This module introduces the UN Sustainable Development Goals for town planners. It outlines what the goals and targets are, with a specific focus on SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities. It includes case studies of good practice focused on what planners can do and the tools and techniques they can use.
Settlement Patterns, Urban Form and Sustainability: An evidence review
This paper describes how large and compact settlement patterns support economic productivity, promote sustainable mobility, improves public health and can encourage continued physical activity, economic participation and social interaction for an ageing population.
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RTPI response to HCLG committee inquiry on land value capture
In our response the RTPI recommends conducting a comprehensive review of land value capture and local government finance. This should consider both improvements to existing methods of capturing developer contributions to mitigate the impacts of development, and new and more comprehensive systems.
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This research examines the impacts of Covid-19 on the built environment, and describes how planning can direct stimulus measures towards a place-based solutions which have local support and achieve multiple benefits.
RTPI Scotland has launched it's 10 Big Ideas graphic for NPF4.
Priorities for Planning Reform in England
This paper sets out the RTPI’s analysis of the government’s objectives and proposals for planning reform, as well as RTPI’s own objectives and recommendations. It urges the government to consider a wider set of objectives for planning reform, and to recognise the value of strategic, proactive planning in supporting a sustainable economic recovery.
RTPI response to APPG Building Communities on economic productivity and placemaking
Our response cites the wide range of evidence that RTPI has produced on the link between planning and placemaking, and economic productivity.