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Daniel Slade @dslade.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Today @rtpiplanners.bsky.social published our introductory Practice Advice Note on spatial planning and AI, covering key concepts, risks, and opportunities. ...But what would Aristotle think? www.rtpi.org.uk/blog/2025/ma...

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Daniel Slade: What Aristotle tells us about AI and the planning profession

Dr Daniel Slade argues that a 2375-year-old work of philosophy brings useful insights into the planning profession’s relationship with AI.

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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Big day for UK climate wonks tomorrow: the 7th Carbon Budget document is out. They only come around every five years, and these reports are pretty much the holy grail of what the UK has to do to get to net zero.

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Daniel Slade @dslade.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

How can we make make sure the next wave of New Towns are flexible, adaptive, bottom-up and meet communities' changing needs? We - @rtpiplanners.bsky.social - have just launched an Invitation to Tender for research answering these questions. 📣Budget is £35,000, deadline for proposals is 24 Feb📣.

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RTPI tenders

This page contains the latest invitations to tender from the RTPI.

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Daniel Slade @dslade.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Planners and academics in England have long, long, argued for a National Spatial Plan/Framework of some sort - today, the Royal Town Planning Institute has published a briefing that makes the case... www.rtpi.org.uk/policy-and-r...

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A National Spatial Framework for England

The RTPI is calling for the establishment of a National Spatial Framework that corresponds to the National Industrial Strategy.

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Daniel Slade @dslade.bsky.social · 29/08/2024

RTPI colleague just searched a *perfectly normal* query about aligning #housing and employment developments in Bing, and Copilot auto produced this absolutely insane dance-theme #AI summary that includes reference to: * Artisanal cheese tasting * Yurts * The cha-cha slide * 'Sad tango partners'

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Daniel Slade @dslade.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

🎺The RTPI are currently advertising for a Head of Policy and Public Affairs - an absolutely huge role at the core of the profession. If you're a planner with experience of leading campaigns and influencing, check it out...

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Royal Town Planning Institute | Careers

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Daniel Slade @dslade.bsky.social · 25/08/2024

It's weird how satisfying it is that MHCLG has rebranded its Planning Super Squad as ATLAS 2.0

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Alyn Nicholls @alyn.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

I know there are planning folks joining (especially from the RTPI ICN) who are looking for people to follow. Apologies for omissions… go.bsky.app/12apaJx

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Anna Clarke @annaclarke.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

Have just made up a list of people posting about housing - go.bsky.app/NRu8tPX

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Daniel Slade @dslade.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

Planners and planning geeks! This, by @catrionariddell.bsky.social and others, is probably the most comprehensive research on strategic planning in England I've ever read. A landmark. Check it out...

A map of statutory and non-statutory strategic planning currently happening in England.

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Daniel Slade @dslade.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

One of my biggest worries about AI as it relates to policy (I'm not talking about mapping the genome or whatever) is not that it's too powerful. It's that it's nowhere near as powerful as many think it is, and yet there's a drive to rebuilding decision making systems around it.

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 14/08/2024

That garbage essay is proof that God gave us editors for a reason.

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Daniel Slade @dslade.bsky.social · 14/08/2024

An fascinating job ad in lots of ways. Not least, the personal spec doesn't lead with experience of proactively creating brilliant places, but rather: "You will ideally... understand the challenges facing industry in securing approval for new development..."

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The Office for Place is recruiting for a new Chief Executive Officer

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Office for Place as the new Chief Executive Officer in Stoke-on-Trent, an arms-length body to MHCLG.

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