Celebrating Planning Excellence
The North West Awards for Planning Excellence 2025 showcase and celebrate the best plans, projects and people.
Our coveted awards recognise and highlight the positive contribution planning professionals make in the communities we serve around the world.
Entries are now closed.
The judging process
The RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence has 15 national award categories. Entries in the North West are initially judged across 11 categories and awarded as:
- Best Plan
- Best Project
- Planning Authority of the Year
- Small Planning Consultancy of the Year
- Mid-Size Planning Consultancy of the Year
- Young Planner of the Year*
These winners become national finalists.
The shortlisted entries are put through for judging in the national awards and will be judged against the others in their selected categories for the national finalist list. The remaining four direct to national categories are also judged to complete the national finalist list of 15 categories. The winners and commendations are announced at the national ceremony in November .
*All Young Planner of the Year winners will be entered into the national shortlist and will be judged by the national judges and the top five will become national finalists.
"We're absolutely thrilled to have won the prestigious RTPI Silver Jubilee Cup for Stockport Interchange. This project is at the heart of our ambitious plans to transform the town centre—bringing together better transport connections, improved accessibility, thoughtful place-making, and high-quality new homes, all while respecting Stockport’s heritage.
Planners have been part of this journey from the very start, working closely with TFGM to put people and place-making at the forefront. What was once a vision for a world-class transport hub and vibrant public space is now a reality we're incredibly proud of—and we know our residents are too. This is regeneration at its very best."
Emma Curle, Stockport Interchange
Key dates 2025
- Site visits – 28-29 April - North West judges site visits and/or Young Planner interviews
- 15 May - North West shortlist announced
- 19 June - Regional winners announced at the Annual Dinner
- August/September - National awards judging
- Mid-October - National finalists announced
- 27 November - National ceremony
The RTPI North West Awards for Planning Excellence presentations will take place during our Annual Dinner at The Kimpton Clocktower Hotel, Manchester on Thursday 19 June 2025. Book your tickets here.
For more information
If you have any questions, please visit the awards hub or contact Bev Watson, RTPI North West Regional Coordinator.
Kindly sponsored by
Lambert Smith Hampton
Lambert Smith Hampton
Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) is one of the UK and Ireland's leading, and most progressive, multi-disciplinary property consultancies with 29 offices and over 1,000 staff. Our Planning, Regeneration + Infrastructure (PR+I) team covers the entire development and regeneration lifecycle, helping to identify, appraise, unlock, and maximise the development potential and investment, environmental and social value of complex urban and rural sites and buildings.
Acting out of our Manchester office, the team are very active across the entire Northwest region and beyond. Recent projects include significant regeneration masterplans in Preston, Barrow and Skelmersdale which will deliver significant comprehensive residential led regeneration, planning support on the Hybrid Bill for the HS2 route from Crewe to Manchester, as well as various education, town centre and cultural led projects across the region.
