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The progression route to Chartered Town Planner status for those with fully accredited degrees is the Licentiate pathway.
For those with partially accredited degrees, if they don’t undertake a top-up qualification to get full accreditation, they would need to follow our Associate pathway to Chartered Town Planner status.
There’s also this diagram showing all the routes to Chartered Town Planner status.
RTPI - Licentiate membership is for graduates who have completed a fully RTPI accredited qualification. It is the first step towards becoming a Chartered Town Planner via the Licentiate Assessment of Professional Competence (L-APC).
RTPI - Associate membership is a partial professional qualification, awarded in recognition of achievement and demonstrable involvement in, or engagement with, particular areas of planning. Associate membership therefore indicates that you have achieved a certain level of knowledge and experience in your chosen planning field.
RTPI - Chartered Planners represent the gold standard of planning practice. They are recognised by employers, clients and members of the public for their skills, expertise and professional practice.
RTPI - Planner case studies "If you want to make a difference to the way your area looks and functions for its residents and visitors, then I would say that planning could be the career for you."
Membership of the Town & Country Planning Association
Membership of the Town & Country Planning Association
You can join the Town and Country Planning Association as a student for £10 per year, if this is of interest.
One of the benefits of membership of the Association is access to their current editions of the Journal. However regardless of if you are a member or not you can access the Journal Archive.
If you have any questions about membership David White, the TCPA membership’s officer, would be happy to help – either by email at david.white@tcpa.org.uk or on 020 3965 4380.
Case Studies
Case Studies
David Kemp-Spawforths.docxDavid Kemp - Associate Urbanist, Spawforths
Alice Moore Planner Boyer.docxAlice Moore - Planner, Boyer
Joe Hickling Graduate Planner Boyer.docxJoe Hickling- Graduate Planner, Boyer
Uni of Sheffield - Michelle Howson Profile.docxMichelle Howson – Planning Project Manager, Lightrock Power
Alumni Case Study Template - Ryan Nguyen.docxRyan Nguyen - Graduate Planning Assistant, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council.
Gaby Medforth.docxGaby Medforth - Planner, David Lock Associates
Josh Day- Flood and Coastal Erosion Policy Officer Defra.docxJosh Day - Flood and Coastal Erosion Policy Officer, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Victoria Owen.docxVictoria Owen - Assistant Planner, David Lock Associates
Gabrielle Appiah-Project Coordinator at Soundings.docxGabrielle Appiah - Organisation- Project Coordinator, Soundings
Prospects - Town planners plan and design buildings, parks and roads to make places attractive and convenient for people to use
Prospects - Transport planners look at ways to improve and manage transport systems at a local, regional, national or international level
Prospects - Planning and development surveyors research a range of factors to best advise their clients on development and investment choices.
Key Websites
Key Websites
Theplanner.co.uk - Browse available career opportunities, connect with recruiters, and access valuable careers guidance and informative articles.
Prospects.ac.uk - Urban planning graduates play a key role in managing and developing the places we live in to make them safer, more sustainable and healthier
Professional Organisations and Networks
Professional Organisations and Networks
Videos
Videos
A planning system fit for the 21st Century: RTPI Yorkshire webinar featuring Victoria Hills
In this Yorkshire webinar, RTPI Chief Executive Victoria Hills sets out her vision for planning on the back of the Government White Paper and future role of planners after a global pandemic.
This webinar is part of RTPI Online Events 2020 and is brought to you by RTPI Yorkshire.
Career Bites: For Graduates and Early Career Professionals by BAME Planners Network
At this interactive panel event on 30th November, Joshua Palmer, an experienced property recruitment consultant from PropSource Consulting shared his observation of the latest job market and the lessons learnt from the numerous candidates he has witnessed, from writing CV to preparing for interviews. Judith Onuh MRTPI, Principal Planner at WSP who was featured as a rising star by the RTPI, shared her own recent career experience in navigating through both public and private sectors in the last 6 years, together with Lap Pan Chong, Senior Planning Officer at LB of Enfield, a young planner with 2 years experience in the public sector.
Optimising Opportunities to Grow - A Reflection on Career in Planning by BAME Planners Network
As we celebrate Black History Month, we had a conversation with Ransford Stewart, a brilliant planning professional at the Oct meeting. He reflected on his 30 years planning career working across the public and private sectors.
Podcasts
Podcasts
Wintringham St Neots podcast
Bartlett Planning Podcast
Barton Willmore Uncut podcast
A range of podcasts covering many topics to do with urban development. To listen, click here.
Webinars, Reports and Training
Webinars, Reports and Training
The RTPI Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) is a competency-based route to Chartered membership. It assesses candidates' experience and competence and enables them to show that they meet the high standards required for Chartered membership.
See slides from our recnet RTPI session
Hear from Phoebe Gilchrist a Senior Planner (MRTPI) at Carter Jonas and Co-Chair of the RTPI Yorkshire Young Planners Steering Committee, Sarah Richardson the Regional Coordinator at RTPI, Joseph Brennan-Davison a Graduate Town Planner at Mott MacDonald, Alistair Curran Head of Planning at Bassetlaw District Council
During the talk, you’ll learn about:
The RTPI
The RTPI Young Planners Committee
How to get involved
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