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Our development and planning manager, Annabel Le Lohé MRTPI has co-written an article for The Planner Magazine “Utopia/dystopia? A preview of the RTPI Young Planners’ Conference”.

The article looks at addressing the question of whether planning creates utopian or dystopian environments and offers a glimpse of what to expect that the Young Planners Conference that will take place in Milton Keynes on 21st and 22nd October 2022.

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Utopia/dystopia? A preview of the RTPI Young Planners’ Conference | The Planner

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