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Missed it the first time? You can watch it again. Here's yesterday's webinar on How tech is changing local plan-making, sponsored by @Urban Intelligence. This was a really interesting discussion in which we covered a lot of ground, from the influence of plan tech to date through the various ways in which digital technology is supporting public sector planners in their work, the benefits thereof and the future of plan tech. We also had time to answer a few of your questions (we'll be answering more on our website). Planner editor Simon Wicks chaired and was more than ably supported by Alphie Murphy O’Reilly, Josh Hoare-Matthews, Andrew Turner and Ashleigh Audley, all of whom offered excellent insights into the evolution of plantech and how it's being used in practice. Click the link in the article below to watch it again: https://lnkd.in/dgtRcBbf #webinar #plantech #technology #digitalplanning 

A route map intended to help local authorities navigate housing targets and take advantage of strategic plans has been put forward to government by the RTPI. It aims to provide local planning authorities, alongside housebuilders and the wider sector, with the certainty needed to continue progressing local plans together with preparing them for cross-boundary planning before strategic planning legislation takes effect. https://lnkd.in/dHMJvk8y More information about subscribing to The Planner can be found here: https://lnkd.in/e5ieh38D

Few people are better informed about the state of public sector placemaking than PUBLIC PRACTICE founder Pooja Agrawal. In the wake of PP's revealing Recruitment and Skills Insights Report, we caught up with Pooja to ask for her thoughts on skills gaps, recruitment difficulties, the need for multi-dsiciplinary placemaking teams and how Public Practice is taking up the challenge on behalf of the public sector. Among the insights: public sector planning teams are most in need of digital skills but these are way down the list in their recruitment plans; 40 per cent of planning teams have 11 or more vacancies and recruitment takes an age; but public sector placemakers are mostly happy with their job. This is just a short taster - click the links to watch the full four minute video and read a more in-depth Q&A with Pooja on our website. Video: https://lnkd.in/e5xshxbQ Article (includes video): https://lnkd.in/eE2uGryz #placemaking #publicpractice #publicsector #urbanplanning #townplanning #poojaagrawal #resourcing #recruitment

PLANNER JOB OF THE DAY: PLANNING OFFICER - DEVELOPMENT, Shetland Islands Council Location: Lerwick The job: So here's a rare chance to work in an exceptional environment, in one of the most remote parts of the UK. It's a broad role that covers the gamut of planing responsibilities, from policy development to assessment of applications to preparing the council's case at appeal - and all on islands that are rich with nature and culture, and which can offer fantastic work-life balance. Click the link to find out more and apply - and take the chance to browse the many other jobs on our Planner Jobs site while you're at it: https://lnkd.in/etntG3Yd #townplanning #urbanplanning #shetland #recruitment #vacancy #careers #plannerjobs

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that a share of £68 million will be allocated to councils to clear previously developed land for housing. The money, from the Brownfield Land Release Fund, will be split between 54 councils. The Royal Town Planning Institute welcomed the £68 million to clean up brownfield land but it has cautioned against focusing only on residential projects for urban brownfield sites. It warned that doing so could displace “essential” commercial, industrial and logistics uses that are “critical” for sustaining local economic growth. Read the full story here on The Planner: https://lnkd.in/eT8VuYzy Information about subscribing to The Planner can be found here: https://lnkd.in/e5ieh38D

We caught up with Caroline Brown, the RTPI's Director for Scotland, Ireland and the English Regions, at RTPI Scotland's annual conference and asked her some questions about placemaking in Scotland. Here she talks about the resourcing and viability challenges which can limit the placemaking aspirations of Scotland's planners. You can watch the full four-minute interview on our YouTube channel (link at end of video) or on our website here: https://lnkd.in/euPscH8m #urbanplanning #placemaking #townplanning #rtpi #publicpolicy #NPF4

A little lunchtime reading. How do you protect a port city from rising sea levels and an increase in flood events without shutting out the sea? That was the challenge for Hull's planners as they set about upgrading the city's flood defences. The Planner's senior reporter Ben Gosling discovered how Hull City Council and the Environment Agency worked together on a sensitive but effective design for fresh defences against an anticipated increase in flooding from the Humber. It's expected that by the end of the century, tides could become 150cm higher - calamitous for the life and economy of an maritime city like Hull. The results of the collaboration are strategically placed barriers that are aesthetically pleasing, respect the setting and the maritime history of Hull, incorporate public art and preserve views out onto the River Humber and its estuary where it meets the North Sea. They did such a good job that the project picked up an Royal Town Planning Institute Award for Planning Excellence last December. Read our case study on The Planner (click below - login required) to find out how they did it, featuring interviews with John Wright MRTPI and Alex Codd from Hull Council's planing, economic development and regeneration teams. https://lnkd.in/eqid5_w8 #townplanning #hightides #floodrisk #floodprotection #urbanplanning #urbanism #climatechange #casestudy 

"I realised there was a typology to graffiti being ignored by society and by those attempting to manage it – ie, councils. I believed that creating this typology would help us understand the “Why here?” question, lift graffiti from being simply mindless vandalism to a more complex response to spatial, social and economic drivers, and provide a tool for understanding them. I concluded that we needed to take three key things into account: canvas, content, and audience." Planner columnist Liane Hartley FRSA invites us to travel back to 1999 and the formulation of her undergraduate dissertation looking at graffiti as a kind of 'social narration'. Far from being mindless vandalism, tags, slogans and murals can be seen a as a conduit for exploring the "stories, struggles and people of the city as expressed on its walls", she argues. Like other informal 'things' in public spaces that go unrecognised or unvalued, graffiti makes a noble contribution to local identity and "uniqueness". Where it exists, it's an integral part of the urban landscape that tells us something important about place. Liane, as ever, provides an thought-provoking take on urban space and our relationship with it. Click the link to read. https://lnkd.in/emUf7_zz #urbanism #graffiti #urbanplanning #townplanning #socialnarrative 

Consideration of the landmark planning and development bill 2023 concluded in the Houses of the Oireachtas this week and will now go to the president of Ireland to be enacted. Minister for housing and local government Darragh O’Brien welcomed the legislation’s passage through the houses of the Oireachtas and said: “This is a pivotal moment for government in our efforts to ensure we have a planning system that is fit for purpose, both now and into the future. In Housing for All, we committed to overhauling our planning legislation to ensure it was fit for purpose. This legislation does just that by providing clarity, consistency and certainty for all users. “Because of this legislation, we will have a planning system which matches our strong ambitions for housing delivery and critical infrastructure over the coming decades.“ https://lnkd.in/e99i98RU

Moving and shaking? Here's a round-up of some of the major career moves within planning over the last month, and a little business news, from our Planner Jobs site. Got something to report? Email us: editorial@theplanner.co.uk https://lnkd.in/eVdpTFzm #careermoves #careersnews #plannerjobs