RTPI Chief to join Infrastructure Planning Commission http://www.rtpi.org.uk/item/2797/23/5/3

Agree with CBI: government must take action on National Policy Statements which must be thought through properly & locationally specific.

http://pic.gd/68d114 Shadow Planning Minister Bo Neill meeting Planning Aid staff.

News: RTPIs President's Blog: http://tinyurl.com/RTPI-Blog

HDPG: There is a strong argument 4 increasing financial support for planning authorities 2 support housing investment & economic recovery.

HPDG: Cutting the Housing and Planning Delivery Grant is not the way to prepare for the upturn when it comes.

News: the new Planning Aid Annual Review is published: http://tinyurl.com/Planning-Aid-09

All the highlights and links from the Planning Convention 09 http://bit.ly/9NuUE

NEWs: RTPI response to legislative programme: http://tinyurl.com/mevrnp

Interview with young planner Susanna Guest: http://tinyurl.com/SussanahGuest

RTPI young planners being interviewed http://tinyurl.com/young-planners

Successful meeting with Justice meeting Michael Wills to discuss constitutional rights and responsibilities.

Planning Aid publish new figures today: 31,000 people and 1,100 groups helped. Supported by 1,000 RTPI volunteers.

RTPI Executive team meets at 10am every Monday morning. Pics and Tweets to follow.

http://pic.gd/48c1e0 Planning Minister John Healey meets Planning Aid staff.

@Goodplanning John Healey and Shereen Shaffi celebrate 1,000 Planning Aid volunteer. http://pic.gd/f7960d

@Goodplanning John Rider Dobson (right) interviewed

http://pic.gd/4f1510 New head of Planning Aid interviewed by Planning Magazine

http://pic.gd/f7960d Emailing: DSC_0128, DSC_0068, DSC_0069, DSC_0075, DSC_0098, DSC_0127

http://pic.gd/613f46 John Healey at the Planning Convention