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Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) is the principal body representing planning professionals in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It promotes and develops policy affecting planning and the built environment. Founded in 1914, the institute was granted a Royal Charter in 1959. In 2012 it reported that it had over 23,000 members.
Following the Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act 1909, surveyors, civil engineers, architects, lawyers and others began working together within local government in the UK to draw up schemes for the development of land. The idea of town planning as a new and distinctive area of expertise began to be formed. In 1910, Thomas Adams was appointed as the first Town Planning Inspector at the Local Government Board, and began meeting with practitioners. In November 1913, a meeting was convened of interested professionals to establish a new Institute, and Adams was elected as the group's President. The Town Planning Institute (TPI) was launched with an inaugural dinner in January 1914, and it was formally established on 4 September 1914 when its Articles of Association were signed. The first three of the Articles of Association were:
To advance the study of town-planning, civic design and kindred subjects, and of the arts and sciences as applied to those subjects;
To promote the artistic and scientific development of towns and cities;
To secure the association, and to promote the general interests of those engaged or interested in the practice of town-planning.
The institute received its royal charter in 1959, then becoming the Royal Town Planning Institute.
FUNCTIONS
The RTPI currently states that it is:
A membership organisation and a Chartered Institute responsible for maintaining professional standards and accrediting world class planning courses nationally and internationally.
A charity whose charitable purpose is to advance the science and art of planning (including town and country and spatial planning) for the benefit of the public.
A learned society.
MEMBERS
The Institute supports its membership through professional development, education and training for future planners. Fellows are entitled the use of the post-nominals FRTPI and chartered members may use
MRTPI. In March 2012, it reported that it had over 23,000 members, of which 8,000 were women and 15,000 men. These included 1,100 international members, across 82 countries.
GOVERNANCE
The RTPI is governed by a General Assembly and a Board of Trustees. The General Assembly is responsible for the development of planning policy and practice. The Board of Trustees is responsible for managing the affairs of the RTPI as a chartered body and registered charity.
PAST PRESIDENTS
1914 Thomas Adams
1915 Sir Raymond Unwin
1916 John William Cockrill
1917 Edmund Rushworth Abbot
1918 Stanley Davenport Adshead
1919 George Lionel Pepler
1920 Henry Edward Stilgoe
1921 Robert Armstrong Reay-Neadin
1922 Henry Vaughan Lanchester
1923 Thomas Hayton Mawson
1924 William Thomas Lancashire
1925 Sir Patrick Abercrombie
1926 William Robert Davidge
1927 George Montagu Harris
1928 Edward Willis
1929 Richard Barry Parker
1930 Frederick William Platt
1931 Richard Cowdy Maxwell
1932 Francis Longstreth Thompson
1933 Thomas Alwyn Lloyd
1934 Sir Herbert Humphries
1935 Maj. Leslie Roseveare
1936 Ernest Gladstone Allen
1937 Ewart Gladstone Culpin
1938 Joshua Edward Acfield
1939 William Harding Thompson
1940 Oswald Alfred Radley
1941 Robert Henry Mattocks
1942 Col. William Spottiswoode Cameron
1943 William Dobson Chapman
1944 Sir Thomas Peirson Frank
1945 Thomas Wilfred Sharp
1946 Henry William James Heck
1947 Sir James Reginald Howard Roberts
1948 James Whirter Renwick Adams
1949 Sir George Lionel Pepler
1950 Lt-Col. Henry Philip Cart De Lafontaine
1951 Ernest Hone Ford
1952 Samuel Leslie George Beaufoy
1953 Lord Holford
1954 Ernest Harvey Doubleday
1955 Sir Desmond Heap
1956 Maurice James Hellier
1957 Bernard John Collins
1958 Udolphus Aylmer Coates
1959 Joseph Stanley Allen
1960 Rowland Nicholas
1961 John Jefferson
1962 Denis Wearing Riley
1963 Sir Colin Douglas Buchanan
1964 Leslie William Lane
1965 Lewis Bingham Keeble
1966 Nathaniel Lichfield
1967 Sir Wilfred Burns
1968 Arthur George Ling
1969 Phipps Turnbull
1970 Walter George Bor
1971 Francis John Clarke Amos
1972 John Stanley Millar
1973 Graham William Ashworth
1974 Sylvia Law
1975 Ewart West Parkinson
1976 Sir John Keyworth Boynton
1977 Tom Clarke
1978 Gordon Cherry
1979 Geoffrey Booth
1980 John Frederick Norman Collins
1982 Andrew Thorburn
1983 John Edgar Finney
1984 John Stewart Anderson
1985 Stephen Philip Byrne
1986 George McDonic
1987 John Dean
1988 Francis Tibbalds
1989 Chris Shepley
1990 Robin Thompson
1991 Peter Fidler
1992 Michael Welbank
1993 Martin Bradshaw
1994 Hazel McKay
1995 Jed Griffiths
1996 Cliff Hague
1997 William Anthony Keith Struthers
1998 Trevor Roberts
1999 Brian Raggett
2000 Kevin Murray
2001 Nick Davies
2002 Mike Haslam
2003 Vincent Goodstadt
2004 Mike Hayes
2005 Ron Tate
2006 Clive Harridge
2007 Jim Claydon
2008 Janet O'Neill
2009 Martin Willey
2010 Ann Skippers
2011 Richard Summers
2012 Colin Haylock
2013 Peter Geraghty
2014 Cath Ranson
2015 Janet Askew
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What is Planning? IntroductionPlanning, or Town and Country Planning to use its full name, is the system we have for managing changes to our environment. Through planning we can identify what changes we need to make: new homes, places to work, transport and community facilities etc; and where these should be located. These changes are called development. Planning seeks to ensure that we achieve a balance between our need for new development while conserving what we value about our environment such as green spaces, wildlife, historic buildings and places etc. Planning can make positive changes to our environment and communities. It can create places such as cities, towns and villages that we treasure; want to live in, work in, visit and enjoy. Planning is about our future. It aims to balance our current need for development against the needs of our children and future generations. This is called sustainable development. Our system of planning is an important part of our democracy. It can help deal with the different views between groups over development and provide opportunities for people to have their say about the future of their neighbourhoods, communities and areas. The RTPI recognises that the planning system can be complicated, particularly for members of the public. The RTPI is committed to providing high quality, accessible advice and information to ensure that everyone can take part effectively in the planning system. Equally, the planning system is subject to discrimination and corruption against which Legal Aid is not available - except where a persons home is at stake. Limited free legal advice is available under the Planning Aid scheme. Library and Information ServiceThe RTPI library is a reference-only collection consisting mainly of post-1990 publications on planning-related topics, including a wide-ranging collection of current UK local plans, and 100 current periodicals. The online catalogue includes details of library holdings (excluding current legislation), a comprehensive index to journal articles, and details of Institute publications and policy statements since 1914. The reading room is based on the ground floor of our headquarters building at 41 Botolph Lane, London EC3R 8DL and is open by prior appointment only from 9.00 - 4.00 Monday - Friday. Internet search facilities are available free-of-charge, and there is a staff-operated photocopying service (subject to copyright restrictions). Copies of Institute policy statements can be supplied free-of-charge (recent items can be downloaded from the website). The library operates an enquiry service, including the compilation of subject reading lists, and can offer advice on alternative sources of information as required. Please contact the Librarian if you are planning a visit, or require any further information about library services: library@rtpi.org.uk
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