Women in Planning

Join us with the Royal Town Planning Institute to celebrate International Women's Day. Together, we will be hosting a free event on Gender Informed Planning Practice on 11th March, kindly hosted by Westminster City Council and sponsored by WSP in the UK. Learn about what is happening practice and network with others passionate/ interested in this area of work #iwd #whm #genderinformedplanning

Up bright and early for breakfast with Women in Planning South West! We were delighted to attend the network’s #IWD25 event “Money Matters: Women Who Plan For Change” and meet so many interesting, welcoming women working in the planning sector. The theme of the event was “planning for the future”. In our talk, we shared that 100% of the women we work with experience poverty: for many, planning for the future is difficult and a positive future is hard to imagine. But with specialist support (which our incredible, generous community makes possible!) we see women rebuilding their confidence and their lives. A big thank you to Women in Planning South West for supporting and highlighting our work through the event. Thank you to Burges Salmon LLP for sponsoring the event and speaker Helen Quayle for sharing your wisdom and insights!

One last ticket released for our pottery painting evening on Wednesday this week! 📢

Did you know that the 🌟disabled community🌟 is the only one that any of us can join overnight 🌙 ? So... are we designing 🎨 for Intersectionality? This was a huge take away for me after joining a panel of wonderful speakers with Lawrence Barraclough -presenting our winning NLA ‘Made for Me’ concept to celebrate #IWD in a collaboration between RTPI International & Women in Planning 🙋♀️ Fellow speakers Clive Gilbert from National Centre for Accessible Transport (ncat) 🚲 and Susan Leadbetter from WSP shed light on the importance of considering movement and placemaking 🌆 from a diversity of perspectives. We were followed by Tomas Johnson Jenna Dutton and Jennie Savage FRSA who explored a gendered approach to Planning and Tomas discussed the “...development of robust planning policies which seek to guarantee that new development is designed by a diverse team...” 📚 and we were led and chaired by the seamless tag team that is Charlotte Morphet MRTPI FRSA AoU and Machel Bogues! We met the wonderful team at Westminster City Council, thank you for hosting us Setareh Neshati, Holly Rosevear, Ashley ... we will all be watching your great work on local Health and Wellbeing Hubs! 🌳💛 Two incredible ladies bookended the day with RTPI president Helen Fadipe MBE. FRTPI, FRSA.'s call to action (one you would like Glenn Lyons) – “You can never afford to pull the ladder 🪜 away, leave the ladder behind, to allow others to climb behind you” 🩷. The inspiring Gabrielle Appiah summed up the day for us all! It was a day filled with energy and enthusiasm for creating change! Lawrence and I went on the hunt for the audience’s thoughts, watch this space for some amateur journalism from me and expert filmmaking from Lawrence in the next few weeks on behalf of our #MadeForMe team edge Urban Design Niamh Brady-Wright Liane Hartley FRSA Jeff Nottage Natasha Reid FRSA Richard M. Laming Daniel Orzel

All female planning, development and placemaking podcast anyone? We are looking forward to listening to Planning After Dark with Alexandra Notay, Hon MRTPI Jackie Sadek and Catriona Riddell

Today we hosted our first NetWalk of 2025. We all know the importance of getting away from your desk and stretching your legs throughout the day, but sometimes we need an organised event helps to get us away from the screens. It was great to collaborate with Birmingham City University’s School of Built Environment and Dr Silvia Gullino as we took a stroll. An opportunity to get to know one another, whilst assessing just how easy (or not!) Birmingham City Centre is to navigate by foot. Thank you to all attendee's contributions, we had some really interesting thoughts given with many shared experiences. But it also highlighted how we all interact with spaces differently due to our own experiences, physical needs, local knowledge and also the time of day that we are there. Some interesting observations for next time you’re in any city centre: 💭 increasing green spaces but ensuring safety 💭 retrospective urban design 💭 aiding navigation and sense of place 💭 inclusive design to support a diverse community We'll look to the sunnier weather (fingers crossed) to host our next NetWalk, hope to see you there!

Great evening at the Women in Planning event hosted at Burness Paull office last night. Thanks to the panel for encouraging insightful discussions and sharing experiences😊

Brilliant evening yesterday at Women in Planning Central Scotland branch event for International women’s day hosted at Burness Paull LLP. Many thanks to the organisers and panel for leading such thoughtful discussion on the ‘Power of Planning to Accelerate Gender Equality’.

A fantastic event last night from Women in Planning Central Scotland discussing gender equality within planning. It was refreshing to hear the panel speak with such openness about their experiences in navigating their careers as women with the message that we should seek to develop not only our craft, but also our character and have fun with it! A key take away from the evening for me was the reminder that designing for women (and the most vulnerable in society) results in better design full stop.

It was great to meet up with the London planning community earlier this week for the Royal Town Planning Institute’s panel sessions at Westminster City Council’s offices (amazing views too!)   In honour of Women’s History Month, this event focused on gender dynamics in planning, especially creating places where all females feel safe, valued and supported.   Following opening remarks from RTPI President, Helen Fadipe MBE. FRTPI, FRSA., two panels shared insights on how planning affects gender dynamics in our cities and communities.   Of particular interest was the session chaired by Clive Gilbert from the National Centre for Accessible Transport (ncat). Clive highlighted NCAT’s latest research report, entitled “Equipping Councils for Change”, which explores the roles and responsibilities of accessible transport staff in local government and how they can be best supported and trained to make transport accessible for disabled people. The link to this report is here: https://lnkd.in/eHWPWY8s A key part of this discussion was ensuring inclusivity is at the forefront of design rather than trying to retrofit measures to make developments accessible.   The whole session was really inspiring and offered thoughtful insight on how we can collaborate across the built environment to make cities more accessible for all, ensuring marginalised groups feel welcome.   Women in Planning | WSP | Hybrid Planning & Development   #WomensHistoryMonth #RTPILondon #GenderDynamics #Planning #Placemaking #InclusiveSpaces #AccessibleTransport