{"id":44791,"date":"2025-12-02T17:03:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44791"},"modified":"2025-12-02T17:03:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:03:58","slug":"ihbc-welcomes-budgets-financial-boost-for-planning-supporting-rtpis-call-for-long-term-investment-as-the-key-to-building-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44791","title":{"rendered":"IHBC welcomes Budget\u2019s financial boost for planning, supporting RTPI\u2019s call for long-term investment as \u2018the key to building capacity\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The IHBC has welcomed the Autumn Budget commitments of significant funding for planning, including investment to recruit an extra 350 planners, and supports the RTPI\u2019s call for long-term investment as \u2018the key to building capacity and supporting the government\u2019s growth agenda.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

RTPI writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chancellor has pledged \u00a348 million additional funding to boost capacity in the planning system. This includes additional investment to recruit an extra 350 planners in England by expanding the Pathways to Planning graduate scheme and creating a new Planning Careers Hub to retain and retrain mid-career professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding will take the total number of recruitments across the planning system to 1,400 by the end of this Parliament.  The investment comes at a critical time for the planning system, as findings from the RTPI\u2019s State of the Profession 2025 report show that one in five of planners across the UK expect to leave the profession within the next three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Victoria Hills, Chief Executive of the RTPI, said: \u2018Today\u2019s Autumn Budget marks a watershed moment for the English planning system. This commitment has the potential to turn the tide on years of severe disinvestment, helping to keep experienced planners in the system and bring through the next generation. It\u2019s a clear signal that planning is being treated as the critical public service it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The new funding is not just a boost for local authorities, it is an acknowledgement that planners are vital to driving the government\u2019s growth agenda and economic productivity.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robbie Calvert, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at the RTPI, said: \u2018We wholly welcome the government\u2019s investment despite the difficult fiscal environment. We now look forward to working with government and Higher Education Institutions to ensure this investment is sustained and directed where it\u2019s needed most \u2013 the workforce of the future \u2013 and equip them with the skills, digital tools, well-being support and, most importantly a clear and strong sense of purpose.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more….<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See the RTPI\u2019s  State of the Profession 2025<\/a> report<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 See the RTPI\u2019s  Autumn Budget submission: Read the submission<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See more background at<\/p>\n\n\n\n