

Awards for Planning Excellence
The RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence 2025 showcase and celebrate the best plans, people and projects.
Now in their 48th year, our coveted awards recognise and highlight the positive contribution planning professionals make to the communities we serve worldwide.
Ticket prices
Corporate single ticket - £200.00 + VAT (£240.00)
Corporate table of 10 - £1,900.00 + VAT (£2,280.00)
Local Authority - £155.00+ VAT (£186.00)
Free carer tickets will be available.
Dress code: Black tie/celebratory/traditional dress welcome.
Accessibility
- The venue is a 6 minute walk away from Russel Square Underground Station (Piccadilly Line), a 14 minute walk from Chancery Lane Underground Station (Central Line) and an 18 minute walk from Farringdon Station (Hammersmith and City Line and Metropolitan Line)
- The venue is accessible by taxi, direct to the front door, but please do check the route before you travel as that area of London has ongoing road works
The RTPI is committed to delivering inclusive events; to make sure that everyone can have the best possible experience. To help towards being able to do this an event organiser will contact all booked participants to discuss any access needs or requirements that they might have. Contact [email protected] to discuss any questions or concerns you may have.
Thank you to our sponsors
If you would like to get involved with the RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence 2025 there are still sponsorship opportunities available. Please contact Heidi Smith at [email protected] for more details.

KDH Associates
Event & Entertainment Sponsor

KDH Associates
Event & Entertainment Sponsor

Howden
Category sponsor - Young Planner of the Year

Howden
Category sponsor - Young Planner of the Year
At Howden, we pride ourselves on being a broker with a difference, combining the knowledge of a specialist broker, the agility of a start-up, and the scale and experience of an established international business. Since the beginning, our founders wanted Howden to be a business we all feel proud of so from individual volunteering to product innovation, we are working to make a positive impact.
We have over 28 years of experience and expertise in providing Professional Indemnity Insurance solutions for Planning Consultants and provide risk management advice and broking services to clients ranging from sole traders through to large multi-office firms.

JJ Viability
Category sponsor - Excellence in Plan Making Practice

JJ Viability
Category sponsor - Excellence in Plan Making Practice
Founded in 2024, JJ Viability (JJV) is a consultancy that specialises in advising the public sector on matters relating to development viability. They provide expert advice to planning authorities, helping to maximise the public benefits of development and secure these through developer contributions and affordable housing.
Their directors have previously worked for local and regional planning authorities and sit on panels that guide the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors on matters relating to valuation and viability, including the government’s Planning Practice Guidance.
They have extensive experience in assessing the development viability of a wide range of development types, from small sites to large complex mixed-use regeneration schemes, and have acted for a number of different planning authorities on a wide range of schemes. Go to www.jjviability.co.uk to find out more.

Vistry Group
Category sponsor - Planning Consultancy of the Year

Vistry Group
Category sponsor - Planning Consultancy of the Year
Vistry Group is a top 5 housebuilder with a purpose to develop sustainable new homes and communities across all sectors of the UK housing market. Vistry do this with an ethos of doing the right thing across all operations, and with our people acting by our values of integrity, caring and quality.
Vistry Group is uniquely positioned to lead the way in the UK housing market with a countercyclical business model featuring Vistry Housebuilding and Vistry Partnerships which combines both partner delivery and development-led capabilities and has a hard-earned reputation for delivery, quality and sector knowledge across all housing tenures.