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Architects-turned-planners: lessons from the other side
The AJ asks three Public Practice architects-turned-planners about life in the public sector, major misconceptions about their roles, and what’s in the pipeline for our ‘broken’ planning system
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Four ideas to fix the nation’s ‘broken’ planning system
Plagued by backlogs, delays and uncertainty, what can be done to mend the UK’s planning system? Anna Highfield asked industry experts how they would tackle the situation
POoR co-founder and ex Hawkins\Brown architect among latest Public Practice cohort
A co-founder of POoR Collective, an ex FCBS and Hawkins\Brown architect and a former United Nations urban planner are among Public Practice’s latest cohort to be placed in local planning roles
Recruitment crisis leaves planners unable to exceed ‘minimum’ duties
Planners say a shortage of staff and skilled specialists is leaving them unable to hit goals beyond the legally required bare minimum, according to a survey by Public Practice
Shaking up planning: what reform does the industry want to see?
Major planning reforms are on the horizon, and architects, planners and consultants have weighed in on the changes they want to see
Public Practice boosts South West presence with spring 2024 cohort
Public Practice has revealed its latest group of architects and designers to be placed in local planning departments, with the programme continuing its expansion into the South West
AJ Climate Champions podcast: How Public Practice associates are driving retrofit and net zero
Two Public Practice associates explain how working for local authorities has increased their agency
Public Practice names its ‘first national cohort’ of local authority placements
Public Practice has named the architects and designers being placed into local planning departments as part of the programme’s autumn cohort
‘Unmanageable workloads and overstretched staff’ – survey spells out planners’ struggles
Two-thirds of council planning teams do not have the capacity to meet their authority’s top priorities, according to a new survey by Public Practice
POoR Collective and Pooja Agrawal scoop 2023 London Design Medals
Design innovators POoR Collective and Public Practice chief executive Pooja Agrawal are among the four winners of the 2023 London Design Festival Medals