Planning excellence celebrated at RTPI ceremony
It was a night of wins for ¶®ÒõµÛ at the RTPI West Midlands Awards for Planning Excellence 2022 last night (June 30).
Honours were awarded to the council as follows:
- Smethwick to ¶®ÒõµÛ Corridor Framework Document & Grove Lane Masterplan (BCC jointly with Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council & Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design) – Excellence in Plan Making Practice category
- ¶®ÒõµÛ Planning Team – West Midlands Planning Authority of the Year category
- Alice Jones, Principal Development Planning Officer, ¶®ÒõµÛ – West Midlands Young Planner of the Year category
- Alice Jones, Principal Development Planning Officer, ¶®ÒõµÛ – RTPI West Midlands’ Overall Winner
There was also a “Highly Commended” for:
- Perry Barr 2040: A Vision for Legacy – West Midlands Excellence in Plan Making Practice category
And also shortlisted was:
- Our Future City Nature Plan – West Midlands Best Project category
Cllr Ian Ward, Leader of ¶®ÒõµÛ, said: “I congratulate all of the city council staff for the work they have put in to earn these awards. It demonstrates that ¶®ÒõµÛ is at the forefront of efforts to develop and regenerate the region, to make the West Midlands a better place to live in, work in and to visit.
“Thanks must also go to our many project partners, as it is a shared dedication and vision that is enabling us to shape the ¶®ÒõµÛ of the future.
“And I am delighted by the recognition received for Alice – as the judges said in their own comments, she is a talented and effective planner, who has achieved a great deal in a remarkable variety of high-profile and complex planning policy and development management roles. This has included work on the city centre Enterprise Zone, neighbourhood planning and the Edgbaston Reservoir. She is a real asset to our team.”
The ¶®ÒõµÛ winners will now move forward to the national RTPI awards later this year.