What can planners change?
Where you live matters. From the economy to health and wellbeing, and infrastructure to inclusive design, planners can really make a difference.
Access to green spaces
Green spaces in Great Britain provide £16.5 billion in environmental, health and amenity value per year.
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RHS Garden Bridgewater
Creating a beautiful garden for people to enjoy
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Cuningar Loop Urban Woodland Park
Connecting our communities
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Planning and Delivering Green Roofs in the City of London
Providing new green spaces
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The Newt in Somerset
A great community asset
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Stromness Regeneration - Orkney Islands Council
Returning land to active use
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Dargavel Village – Renfrewshire Council
Access to services, jobs & public infrastructure
Building houses in the right place really matters in terms of access to employment, fast internet, or the ability to walk or cycle to a local shop.
Child health & wellbeing
Many children find the idea of going out for a walk about as interesting as eating a plate of broccoli.
Climate change & environment
Planners have a key role to play in the fight against climate change and its impacts.
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Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility
Delivering state-of-the-art port infrastructure
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Planning and Delivering Green Roofs in the City of London
Providing new green spaces
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Hadleigh Park
Investing in sport
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Marmalade Lane
A unique community orientated development
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Wind Microclimate Guidelines
The UK’s first Wind Microclimatic Guidelines
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North Norfolk District Wide Affordable Housing Strategy
Delivering affordable and sustainable homes
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Ibadan City Masterplan
Developing the first strategic city-wide masterplan for the city of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Economic prosperity
Well planned and sustainable communities are key to our economic success.
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A training and education facility
The UK’s largest rail-served logistics park
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Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility
Delivering state-of-the-art port infrastructure
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Towards a Stamford Hill Plan
Delivering real benefits for the community
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Wokingham Town Centre Regeneration
Revitalising Wokingham Town Centre
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Enfield Small Sites Programme
Enabling underutilised small brownfield sites to be brought back into use
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Hadleigh Park
Investing in sport
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The Illuminated River
Lighting the historical and modern bridges along the River Thames
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Seamus Heaney HomePlace
Creating an arts and literary centre
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North Norfolk District Wide Affordable Housing Strategy
Delivering affordable and sustainable homes
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Revealing the Roch
Reconnect the community of Rochdale with the river
Health and wellbeing
Where you live matters. Poor-quality housing increases your risk of severe ill health by 25%.
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Providing the first new park in Manchester for over 100 years
Provided much needed green space in the city
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Ensuring health lives and promoting wellbeing
Tackling the after-effects of the pandemic
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Covid-19 healthcare infrastucture
Mitigating the pandemic through planning
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RHS Garden Bridgewater
Creating a beautiful garden for people to enjoy
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Cuningar Loop Urban Woodland Park
Connecting our communities
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Towards a Stamford Hill Plan
Delivering real benefits for the community
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Enfield Small Sites Programme
Enabling underutilised small brownfield sites to be brought back into use
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Hadleigh Park
Investing in sport
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Marmalade Lane
A unique community orientated development
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The Nelson
Engaging service veterans to build their own homes
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Delivering much needed homes
Responding to local housing need
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The Newt in Somerset
A great community asset
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Wokingham Town Centre Regeneration
Revitalising Wokingham Town Centre
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The Nelson
Engaging service veterans to build their own homes
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Nottingham Heritage
Placing heritage at the heart of the city
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The Illuminated River
Lighting the historical and modern bridges along the River Thames
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Revealing the Roch
Reconnect the community of Rochdale with the river
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Ibadan City Masterplan
Developing the first strategic city-wide masterplan for the city of Ibadan, Nigeria.
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Lisa Lamb
Lisa is Head of Planning and Major Infrastructure and the National Trust
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Farhana Hussain
Farhana is Senior Planning Consultant at Arup
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Joe Ayoubkhani
Joe is Director at Fraser Strategic Land and Highlight Planning
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Joe Maphosa
Joe is Strategic Land Manager for Metis Homes
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Pan Chong
Pan is a Principal Planning Officer on the Development Management team (Strategic Applications) at the London Borough of Enfield.
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Hannah Flynn
Hannah works as a Planning Officer at Derry City & Strabane District Council
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Kate Bailey
Kate is Head of Strategic Growth at Wyre Forest District Council
