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Royal Town Planning Institute
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The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), with over 27,000 members worldwide, champions the value of planning in building thriving places and communities.
Visit www.rtpi.org.uk for more information
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Join the RTPI's #WorldTownPlanningDay 2025 online programme, which brings together case studies from the UK and around the world, fostering the exchange of ideas globally.

👉Register for the free webinars at:
www.rtpi.org.uk/wtpd

This year's theme is 'With Planning We Can'
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Learn about planning for rural places in the October edition of Planning Research Matters - a hub showcasing research from RTPI-accredited planning schools.

Projects include Rural Exception Sites, commuting from rural places and rural gentrification.

Read more:
www.rtpi.org.uk/policy-and-r...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Senior Public Affairs Officer Aisling Byrne takes you through where we are with the two Planning bills and it's good news for our Chief Planners amendment...

Read the blog here:
https://www.rtpi.org.uk/new-from-the-rtpi/aisling-byrne-bills-bills-bills/
October 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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"Liverpool showed that planning is central to Government’s growth mission, but delivery will stand or fall on capacity, leadership and skills."

RTPI's Senior Public Affairs Officer Lazaros Tsenekidis reflects on the #LabourPartyConference.
Read more: www.rtpi.org.uk/new-from-the...
Victoria Hills and Matthew Pennycook sitting at a roundtable with others at the Labour Party Conference with the new RTPI banner behind them.
October 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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RTPI has signed a joint letter with more than 30 organisations calling for £6.8m in urgent funding to support Planning Schools to continue to recruit and train apprentice planners.

Read the joint letter:
https://www.rtpi.org.uk/letter-to-matthew-pennycook-mp-minister-for-housing-and-planning/
September 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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This blog explores a landmark decision last autumn in which Gloucestershire County Council approved the county's largest-ever mineral development project.

Read the blog:
https://www.rtpi.org.uk/new-from-the-rtpi/the-pivotal-role-of-planning-in-gloucestershires-largest-mineral-development/
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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We are delighted to re-accredit the University of Cambridge’s MPhil in Planning, Growth and Regeneration.

It means graduates of the spatial planning programme will be eligible to begin the Licentiate Assessment of Professional Competence, a key step toward becoming a Chartered Town Planner.
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September 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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The 2025 round of RTPI Research Grants is open for applications.
The programme funds new, innovative, high quality, and impactful planning research.

Learn more: https://www.rtpi.org.uk/policy-and-research/research-and-practice/rtpi-research-grants/practitioner-research-fund-grant-applications/
September 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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The RTPI has launched Empower 2030, its strategic plan for 2025–2030, setting a route to strengthen the planning profession, enhance member value, and grow its membership.

Read more:
https://www.rtpi.org.uk/about-the-rtpi/who-we-are/our-strategic-priorities/empower-2030-the-rtpi-strategic-plan/
September 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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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/
September 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Introducing the new RTPI brand. Empowering planners. Connecting people. Championing the planning profession.
Explore the thinking behind the brand – https://www.rtpi.org.uk/new-from-the-rtpi/our-fresh-new-brand-is-here/
September 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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The RTPI has warned that the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, which passed its Second Reading on 2 September, could leave rural communities behind.

Read more
https://www.rtpi.org.uk/new-from-the-rtpi/rural-areas-risk-being-left-behind-in-drive-for-devolution/
September 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Congratulations to the 18 finalists announced today for the 2025 RTPI Awards for Research Excellence.

Are you on the list? Find out https://www.rtpi.org.uk/events-training-and-awards/awards/rtpi-awards-for-research-excellence/
July 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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What are the opportunities & challenges for the Govt's new town's initiative?

Hear more at a designated session at the National Planning Conference this autumn.

Secure your ticket now:
www.rtpi.org.uk/npc
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July 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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London Calling: Learn how the ‘good health’ theme has been put into planning practice around the capital city.

Chloe Selwood previews the Young Planners' Conference:
rtpi.org.uk/blog/2025/july/...
London skyline outline at the bottom with Orange and blue text overlay: Young Planners' Conference Planning for good health 5-6 September 2025 book now: www.rtpi.org.uk/ypc
July 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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📣BREAKING NEWS: @victoriartpi.bsky.social, who has led the RTPI for nearly eight years, is to step down from her post as CEO.

She will be moving on to take up the role of CEO at the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

Read more: www.rtpi.org.uk/news/2025/ju...
July 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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The Planning & Infrastructure Bill had its 2nd reading in the House of Lords last night.
"The real reason why planning has been in difficulty is that there have not been enough staff to do the work necessary, and too few chief planning officers with the necessary clout to drive progress & outcomes."
June 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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We re-affirmed our commitment to advancing diversity, equity & inclusion in the built environment by signing a new 5 yr MoU & welcoming additional signatories.
Read more: https://www.rtpi.org.uk/news/2025/june/built-environment-professional-bodies-deepen-commitment-to-edi-with-two-new-signatories/
June 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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The National Planning Conference brings together voices from across the planning & development landscape such as planners, architects, developers & LPAs.

Hear from sector leaders, policy makers and innovators as they dive into critical themes that will define the coming years:
www.rtpi.org.uk/npc
National Planning Conference - secure your ticket today. In a white box with purple text - 9 October 2025 at Hilton Deansgate, Manchester The go-to event to engage with industry leaders and changemakers
June 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Senior Public Affairs Officer Lazaros Tsenekidis reflects on RTPI's presence at #UKREiiF this year👇
rtpi.org.uk/blog/2025/ma...

"Planning is not just a backdrop to growth and investment – it's the engine driving it."
May 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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We have launched an open invitation to tender for a major public awareness campaign aimed at reshaping public perceptions of the planning profession and the planning system.

Read more:
www.rtpi.org.uk/news/2025/ma...
A diverse group of people are standing and chatting in a bright room with wooden chairs. One man in a plaid jacket holds a red cup, while another in a green hoodie laughs. A woman with glasses holds a tablet, engaging with a man in a geometric sweater. A woman and a man sit and work at a table nearby.
May 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Áine McBeth explains how her community-focused coffee kiosk in Belfast was born out of planning principles and is now a creative and social hub:

https://www.rtpi.org.uk/blog/2025/may/%C3%A1ine-mcbeth-planning-pour-overs-and-passion/

📷 credit: Maritime Belfast Trust
May 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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The report recommends a new approach to public participation to ensure it is done at an early stage and includes a representative group of residents to give voice to this “Mimby majority” and power forward the housebuilding agenda.
May 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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The government should instigate a new wave of public participation in the planning process to unlock its housebuilding programme by giving the “Mimby Majority” a voice, according to new research from RTPI and @demos-uk.bsky.social

Read the report:
demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...
May 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Why do women cycle less than men in the UK?

@vanfh.bsky.social investigated whether participatory budgeting can contribute to fairer active travel.

Read more :
www.rtpi.org.uk/policy-and-r...

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May 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM