Mark Thackeray, , a Consultant at Walsingham Planning, writes for \u2018Planning and Building Control today\u2019 to discuss the case for greater recognition of planning and placemaking.<\/p>\n
Mark Thackeray writes:<\/em><\/p>\n \u2018\u2026. The year is 1932, the place is Los Angeles, the event is town planning\u2026 the winner, ahead of a dangerous Dane and a battling Belgian, was John Hughes of Great Britain for his work on a sports stadium and leisure centre in Liverpool.<\/p>\n \u20261932 was an Olympic year when, as you won\u2019t recall, Team GB did not exactly cover itself with glory. John Hughes\u2019 gold was one of only five that we achieved (town planning, men\u2019s 800m, men\u2019s 50,000m walk, coxless pairs and coxless fours if you want to know), so maybe his efforts deserve a belated \u2018thank you\u2019 (if you\u2019re listening, Claire Balding).<\/p>\n Read\u00a0the article<\/a> at Planning & Building Control Today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With the success of Team GB in Rio 2016 and the Paralympic Games due to start, sport is on the mind of many, but did you know that Town Planning was once within the Olympics? Mark Thackeray, , a Consultant … Continue reading