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Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI

@drcarolinebrown.bsky.social

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Town planner. RTPI Director for Scotland, Ireland & English Regions. Recovering academic. Likes green space, blue space and active travel. Sometimes knits.

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Urban Studies & Social Policy @uofgussp.bsky.social · 10d

Event alert! 📣

Guest lecture: Prof John Tomaney (UCL) on Mayors & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Discussants: Dr Caroline Brown @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social (RTPI) & Prof Iain Docherty (Stirling University)

🗓️ Wed, 26 Nov, 4-6pm
📍 Clarice Pears Bld, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow

Come & join us!

www.eventbrite.com/e/mayors-exp...

Mayors - exploring the promises and pitfalls

On Wednesday 26th November, we will be joined for a guest lecture by Prof John Tomaney from UCL.

www.eventbrite.com

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · 17d

Just picked up this, and cannot wait to get into the story and see where Lyra and Pan end up…

A hand is holding up a copy of Philip Pullman’s new book ‘the Rose Field’

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · 27d

One of those images reminds me of an excellent joke:

Q: how do you get Pikachu on a bus?

A: Pokémon

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · 27d

There are bike racks in quite a few spots on campus - can I suggest getting in touch with the lovely Anna Clark she’s the sustainability coordinator and will be able to give you all the info you need.

You can also try David Jenkins (EGIS). He cycles to campus …

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · 29d

We will have to do some sleuthing on Jean to see if the RTPI records can shed any light on this…

#WomenIPlanning

The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · Oct 12

Jean Payton Reid, architect and town planner (1917-97). Liberton Kirkyard, Edinburgh. Thought to have been Scotland's first female town planner. Family monument - pink granite obelisk.
#31DaysOfGraves day 12 notable women. #herstory
thepastandotherplaces.wordpress.com/2023/01/14/a...

Greek-style tall pointed obelisk in polished pink granite standing in a kirkyard. Most of the other gravestones are smaller and grey. The tower of the Kirk is prominent in the background. There are green shrubs and several bare-branched trees in the background.

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · Oct 12

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · Oct 9

A cosy fireside chat with three of the nation’s Chief Planners provides insights and commentary on planning reform, supporting and growing new planners and streamlining a complex system.

Chief planner for Wales, Scotland and England chat with RTPI chief executive Victoria Hills. Neil Hemingtaon (Wales), Fiona Simpson (Scotland) and Joanna Averley (England) are sitting on a stage with a purple backdrop

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · Oct 9

National Planning Conference gets underway…

RTPI president Helen Fadipe, Dan Williams from Planning Portal and Dr Victoria Hill’s, RTPI Chief Executive are on the conference stage.

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · Oct 1

Did my bit for @rtpiplanners.bsky.social today, spending 2hrs at a high school careers fair talking about planning as a career. Many thanks to everyone who came along.

I forgot to take a photo of my stall & banner, so all I have to show is this almost empty box of chocolates!

#PlanningCareers

An almost empty box of quality street chocolates.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · Sep 27

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.

He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.

A Brexit Party MEP.

A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:

"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."

This is a MASSIVE story

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

www.bbc.co.uk

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · Sep 24

The focus of the afternoon is on net zero - here’s Husam AlWaer talking about density…

Shows Professor Husam Al Waer standing at a lectern

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · Sep 24

We had some fun playing with an ai visualisation tool brought to us my Alex MacLaren from Heriot Watt University and hearing from Aline Kirkland about using EPC data to help monitor housing policy in the digital planning session.

Alex MacLaren stands at a lectern in front of a large display screen.

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · Sep 24

Session 3 is focussing on the wellbeing of planners - chaired by Maura McCormack and with Craig McLaren, Susan Rintoul, Elaine Campbell, Kevin Murray and Rim Chouaib.

Craig McLaren - national planning improvement champion starts session 3. He is standing at a lectern, with other panel contributors sitting on the stage

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · Sep 24

Session 2 with speakers focussing on planning for health, chaired by Irene Beautyman including Rowena Statt, Margaret Douglas and Meadhbh Maguire

A panel of 4 women: Irene Beautyman, Rowena Statt, Margaret Douglas and Meadhbh Maguire sitting on the stage in Perth Theatre

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · Sep 24

Keynote speaker @profjennyj.bsky.social prepares to open the RTPI Scotland Annual Conference 2025

Prof Jenny Roe prepares to speak - she is sitting in the front row of Perth Theatre studio. Her face is lit up by lights from the stage.

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · Sep 15

Last chance to book for the RTPI Scotland Annual Conference in Perth next week.

The theme is healthy and resilient places, and we’ve got walking tours, a sketching workshop and lots of fab speakers….

www.rtpi.org.uk/find-your-rt...

RTPI Scotland Annual Conference 2025 | Championing the power of planning

The conference will explore how to deliver resilient and sustainable communities for the health of people, place and planet.

www.rtpi.org.uk

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Royal Town Planning Institute @rtpiplanners.bsky.social · Sep 11

Congratulations to the 5 winning entries for the 2025 RTPI Awards for Research Excellence. 🙌

Discover the winners 👇
https://www.rtpi.org.uk/events-training-and-awards/awards/rtpi-awards-for-research-excellence/

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C40 Cities @c40cities.bsky.social · Sep 11

Meet the young people who are ready to change the future... introducing the winners of the fourth global Students Reinventing Cities competition.

From Amman to Tshwane, over 1,200 students from 150 universities took on the challenge of reimagining urban spaces across 11 cities this year.

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · Sep 10

Sunshine after the rain: dropping into the Planning Research Conference in Belfast today.

A rainbow in a grey blue sky, above the Belfast dockyards. The yellow Harlow & Wolff gantry crane can be seen in the centre of the photo

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · Sep 4

Had a lovely jaunt out to see old colleagues and friends at #HeriotWatt University today - and to meet the class of 2025 as they start their journeys as #FuturePlanners!

Welcome to the planning family and best of luck with your studies.

A group of people in a classroom listening to Dr Sacha Hassan, welcoming them to Heriot Watt University

A group of people in a University classroom - to the far left there is a person standing up and smiling. The person is Dr Caroline Brown…

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · Aug 19

Great to see Issue 201 of the #ScottishPlanner out this week - it’s a wee festival of planning celebrating this year’s winners in the Awards for Planning Excellence plus all the usual contents, including the latest episode of my Podlicious recommendations… www.rtpi.org.uk/media/21122/...

www.rtpi.org.uk

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · Aug 11

2 weeks ago I noticed this: a shop unit in George Street - a prime retail street in Edinburgh city centre- which has been repurposed from a bank into a screwfix store.

Last week I noticed a branch had popped up on Nicolson St too. It seems like a good thing to me - but one to keep an eye on.

Shows a stone building on a street corner in central Edinburgh. The building has some lettering above the open doorway ‘Screwfix City Centre’

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · Aug 11

I live in Edinburgh where 20mph speed limit was introduced to some streets about 10 years ago. It does feel slow at first, but you get used to it. And, evaluation studies show that it has cut RTAs. If our brains adapt to higher speeds, then they can also adapt to slower ones.

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Scottish Land Commission @scottishlandcom.bsky.social · Aug 7

What can land reform do for urban Scotland?

Join our expert panel to explore housing, climate, and community power in towns and cities.

📅 28 August | 🕓 4pm - 4:50pm | 💻 Zoom
🔗 buff.ly/P0cbP15

#ScotLandFutures

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Daniel Slade @dslade.bsky.social · Feb 4

How can we make make sure the next wave of New Towns are flexible, adaptive, bottom-up and meet communities' changing needs?

We - @rtpiplanners.bsky.social - have just launched an Invitation to Tender for research answering these questions.

📣Budget is £35,000, deadline for proposals is 24 Feb📣.

RTPI tenders

This page contains the latest invitations to tender from the RTPI.

www.rtpi.org.uk

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · Jul 12

We were in London at the end of June and sat on some v hot buses! Agree on all counts.

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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · Jul 12

Rochdale's Medical Officer of Health made the case for housing reform and comprehensive planning in 1911. My new post examines the town's early housing history and first council housing:
municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/a...

Text: It is only by such comprehensive and organised schemes where every part is in its proper place and co-ordinated with the whole, that we can very hope to attain unity of purpose and economy in house building; and at the same time secure that every house, however humble, shall be a sanitary house. For although every house must be built by someone, yet in a well-ordered community the ultimate responsibility for every house should, and must rest, with the Authority in whose sanitary area it exists.

Dr Caroline Brown, MRTPI @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social · Jun 20

A day out of the office with Heads of Planning Scotland for the second day of their conference and AGM in Kilmarnock.

Good to hear about the vision for town-centre cultural regeneration linked to the renewal of the Theatre.