Good to see design now matters in appeal decisions. This should give LPAs a bit more confidence in pushing back on poor design at the DM stage - Councils three times more likely to successfully defend design refusals following NPPF change, research finds planningresource.co.uk/article/1754069

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This morning Royal Town Planning Institute President Timothy David Crawshaw MRTPI FRSA & Ryan Walker MRTPI FRSA joined @GlobalPlanners partners for an informal meeting #IRL with American Planning Association Joel Albizo CIP-ICU Dan Huang Beth McMahon Bruce STIFTEL GPEAN 🌎🌏🌍🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇲

RTPI President Timothy David Crawshaw MRTPI FRSA visited key locations in his tour of the East of England this week, including Platinum Stages, Elstree Studios Sky Studios and Hatfield House, hosted by Hertsmere BC @RTPIEastofEng rtpi.org.uk/news/2022/june… #townplanning #heritage #sustainability

Royal Town Planning Institute Timothy David Crawshaw MRTPI FRSA Elstree Studios Hatfield House Hertsmere BC @RTPIEastofEng It was a pleasure to welcome the president to the region to see the work of planners and planning in supporting the heritage and creative industries #proudofplanning #proudofplanners

Eleanor Mohammed, RPP, MCIP, EP president of CommonwealthPlanners and Timothy David Crawshaw MRTPI FRSA president of Royal Town Planning Institute embracing the start of #WUF11 and the spirit of sustainable urbanism

We have arrived! Who needs #glastonbury #glasto when you have World Urban Forum #WUF11 Brilliant to be here with Royal Town Planning Institute President Timothy David Crawshaw MRTPI FRSA & CommonwealthPlanners President Eleanor Mohammed, RPP, MCIP, EP making the case for #SDGs in #planning

Great to be at #WUF11 with @InternatRTPI Timothy David Crawshaw MRTPI FRSA Victoria Hills MRTPI Richard Blyth Madeleine Kessler with CommonwealthPlanners Eleanor Mohammed, RPP, MCIP, EP championing #planning #SustainableUrbanisation #NewUrbanAgenda #SDGs

Timothy David Crawshaw MRTPI FRSA also met with the American Planning Association Vice President Angela Brook today. American Planning Association #WUF11

President of Polish Society of Town Planners Tomasz Majda met Royal Town Planning Institute president Timothy David Crawshaw MRTPI FRSA this afternoon over coffee.

Last night RTPI President Timothy David Crawshaw MRTPI FRSA co-hosted a reception with International Society of City & Regional Planners President in his capacity as chair of @GlobalPlanners at #WUF11

He also met International Federation of Landscape Architects Europe Vice President @didiervancutsem #WUF11 International Society of City & Regional Planners

#FlashbackFriday #Flashback to a wonderful week at World Urban Forum #WUF11 UN-Habitat Royal Town Planning Institute Timothy David Crawshaw MRTPI FRSA International Society of City & Regional Planners CommonwealthPlanners CYSU @GlobalPlanners Urban Thinkers Campus ECTP-CEU Scottish Government GPEAN @PrincesFound American Planning Association IFLA EUROPE 🌏🌍🌎

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No matter how close you might be, looking out for mates isn’t always easy. But that’s what we’re here for. Give this CALM Guide a read for a bit of help on helping your mates. bit.ly/3OVXs2N

So maybe come to terms with the fact that electric cars are a pretty questionable solution to mobility?

And we’re off! Tony Juniper opens the Nature Recovery Network Conference in the Tees Valley Tees Valley Nature Partnership Natural England #nature #NatureRecoveryNetwork

We all sacrifice - some more than others!

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