For the first time the annual Royal Town Planning Institute Awards for Planning Excellence will include a category honouring the best local authority planning team, with a deadline for entries of 4.30pm on 31 January 2014.
The RTPI writes:
30 judges drawn from planning, the built environment and politics will be participating this year. The consultancy and team categories are:
· Local Authority Planning Team of the Year
· Planning Consultancy of the Year
· Small Planning Consultancy of the Year
The deadline for entries is 4.30pm on 31 January 2014.
Submissions are still open for the project categories:
· Outstanding planning to deliver growth & employment
· Leading the way in planning for community
· Excellence in planning and design for the public realm
· Best planning for natural and built heritage
· Exemplary planning to deliver housing
· Innovative planning practice in plan making
· Innovative planning practice in decision making
Each year the RTPI presents the Silver Jubilee Cup to the overall category winner.
There is no requirement to be a member of the RTPI to enter the awards and entries for a project or a plan can be submitted by the planner, architect, planning authority, developer, or client. Entry is a simple and low cost process.
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