East Midlands Awards for Planning Excellence Shortlist

The RTPI East Midlands Awards for Planning Excellence 2025 showcase and celebrate the best plans, projects and people.
Congratulations to the following entries who have been selected for our 2025 shortlist:
Bassetlaw District Council
Harborough District Council
Pearce Planning Ltd - Crown Place
Marrons - The Barnum
Rajlaxmi Gaware
Daisy Shields
Jessica Hird
Sarah MacPherson
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 Midlands celebration event on Tuesday 24 June in Nottingham where we will be announcing and honouring our local winners. The reception will be held at the Albert Hall in Nottingham.
This year we are honoured to be joined by RTPI past President Sue Bridge FRTPI who will be giving a short key note speech.
A stepping stone to our national celebration
All the East Midlands 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
Our sponsors are:
Headline Ceremony Sponsor Marrons
Drinks Reception sponsor Fisher German
Local Authority Category Sponsor STAT Planning
Best Project Category Sponsor Aspbury Planning Ltd
For more information
For questions about the shortlisting and celebration event please visit the awards hub or contact Shona Munro, RTPI East Midlands Regional Coordinator.