The President of the Royal Town Planning Institute, Janet Askew, recently met with planners and council leaders in and around Bournemouth as part of a two day tour of the South West region.
Janet also took the opportunity to visit the Boscombe Regeneration Scheme and Poole Bridge Regeneration Initiative, ending the tour in Purbeck.
Brett Spiller, founding Director of Chapman Lily Planning and member of the RTPI SW Management Board was delighted to meet with Janet to discuss some of the issues facing the region and profession. Brett commented: “As one might expect Janet is an enthusiastic champion of planning. She understands the innate challenges involved in delivering new development; but also recognises the creativity and innovation shown by members of the planning profession in creating place”.