Celebrating Planning Excellence
The RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence 2024 showcase and celebrate the best plans, people and projects. Entries are now closed.
Now in its 47th year, our coveted awards recognise and highlight the positive contribution planning professionals make in the communities we serve around the world.
Award categories
There are 15 planning related categories in 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
- International Award for Planning Excellence winner City of Vancouver
Key dates:
Regions and Nations judges site visits and interviews – 15 April – 8 May
Regions and Nations shortlist announced – 20 May
Announcing the winners in the Nations and Regions – June/July
National awards judging – August/September
Announcing the national finalists – mid October
National ceremony – end November
The judging process
The RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence has 15 award categories, entries in the Nations and Regions 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.
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