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Read more on planning by checking out some of the blogs, features and contributions below. This includes spotlighting other interesting resources, community case studies and information on the planning system as a whole.
Submitted for approval: January/ February 2025
A digest of planning-related material from across the media spectrum. Educational, entertaining, useful or simply amusing, The Planner humbly submits the following items for January and February 2025.
Community Gardens for Sustainable Cities
Mahsa discusses community gardens and The Green Project Shepherd's Bush, Civic Honours Award winner in the category of Group Contributions to Building a Stronger, Safer, Kinder Neighbourhood with Hammersmith & Fulham Council.
Planning for Homes, Nature and Climate
How can we connect planning objectives with planning outcomes? OnePlanet and Urbanist on a Mission explore.
Memorial Garden Greenhouse & Workspace
We had the pleasure of being joined by Urbanist on a Mission, sharing how OnePlanet has been used to support a planning application for The Memorial Garden at The Museum of Brands.
Low-carbon Homes: Housing construction for the green transition
This report is commissioned,
funded and coordinated by Future Observatory at the Design Museum, in
partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) which
is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Do you speak 'town planning'?
Also known as ‘Urbanist on a mission’ on Instagram, Mahsa uses her platform to educate others about town planning in an interesting way, helping to break down the jargon, commonly used in the sector.
Working with the community when creating HMOs
How to avoid neighbour concerns from slowing down works or planning permission.
Global Planners Unite
Planners were dialling in from all over the world to tune into this RTPI session on “Co-creating Solutions for the Global Housing Crisis”, with inspiring panel discussions around obstacles and ideas using real life case studies.