Celebrating Planning Excellence
The RTPI South East Awards for Planning Excellence 2024 showcase and celebrate the best plans, people and projects.
Our coveted awards recognise and highlight the positive contribution planning professionals make in the communities we serve around the world.
There are 15 planning related categories the RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence. See the full list here.
Plans
Projects
- Excellence in Planning for a Successful Economy
- Excellence in Planning for Health and Wellbeing
- Excellence in Planning for Heritage and Culture
- Excellence in Planning for the Natural Environment
- Excellence in Planning for Communities (small schemes under 50 homes)
- Excellence in Planning for Communities (large schemes of 50 homes or more)
- Excellence in Digital Planning Practice
- International Award for Planning Excellence
People
- In-house Planning Team of the Year
- Small Planning Consultancy of the Year
- Planning Consultancy of the Year
- Planning Authority of the Year
- Inspirational Leader of the Year
- Young Planner of the Year
South East Chair's Award : Design
This award is not entered through our awards process, but chosen locally by the regional chair and presented at the same time as the regional awards presentations.
Key dates 2024
- April/early May - South East judges site visits and/or presentations
- 20 May - South East shortlist announced
- 4 July - Announcing the winners in the South East region at the Awards Dinner in Reading
- August/September - National awards judging
- Mid October - National finalists announced
- End November - National ceremony
The judging process
The RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence has 15 national award categories. Entries in the South East are initially judged across 10 categories and awarded as:
- Best Plan
- Best Project
- Planning Authority of the Year
- Small Planning Consultancy of the Year
- Young Planner of the Year*
These winners become national finalists.
The shortlisted entries are put through for judging in the national awards and will be judged against the others in their selected categories for the national finalist list. The remaining five direct to national categories are also judged to complete the national finalist list of 15 categories. The winners and commendations are announced at the national ceremony in 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
Awards Ceremony sponsor - PJA
PJA is a specialist design practice with an integrated approach to transport, engineering and placemaking. Our holistic approach ensures both innovative and deliverable design solutions and supports our vision to create better places through great design.
We bring together a creative, committed and highly experienced team of over 130 people providing invaluable design and infrastructure advice for major growth and development projects across a network of eight offices in the UK and Australia. We have a genuine passion for what we do and we work hard to ensure that the ethos of good design and quality advice runs through all aspects of our business.
Awards Ceremony sponsor - Stantec
Communities are fundamental. Whether around the corner or across the globe, they provide a foundation, a sense of place and of belonging. That’s why at Stantec, we always design with community in mind. We care about the communities we serve because they’re our communities too. This allows us to assess what’s needed and connect our expertise, to appreciate nuances and envision what’s never been considered, to bring together diverse perspectives so we can collaborate towards a shared success.
We’re planners, designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.
Sponsorship opportunities (awards category sponsor)
If you are interested to sponsor a category, please get in touch with Susan Millington to discuss sponsorship opportunities.
