Celebrating Planning Excellence
The RTPI Northern Ireland 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 in total and our RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence are free to enter. 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
Click to see more on our Northern Ireland winners.
Key dates 2024
- April/early May - Northern Ireland judges site visits and/or presentations
- 20 May - Northern Ireland shortlist announced
- 12 June - Announcing the winners in Northern Ireland at our lunchtime reception
- 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 Northern Ireland 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 project 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.
The RTPI Northern Ireland Excellence celebration event will be held in Belfast on the 12th June 2024. Please save the date and we will provide further information nearer the time.
Sponsors
If you are interested in sponsoring our awards and local ceremony please contact us.
For more information
If you have any questions, please visit the awards hub or contact Julie Sullivan for more information or to discuss sponsorship opportunities.
