EFPC04e. PLANNING CONSULTANCY
(updated: February 17, 2006 )

• Detailed Topic Index / Effectiveness of Planning etc. Index
• Main Planning bibliographies Index
• For relevant addresses, telephone/fax numbers, email & website addresses see
  PLANNING & PLANNING RELATED ORGANISATIONS
  
• See also:-
• Advertising controls, Aesthetic factors in plg./Urban Design,
  Effectiveness of planning & planning control (gen.), other international plg.,
  Plg. agreements & obligations, Plg. aid, Plg. conditions, Plg. consultancy, Plg. enforcement,
  Plg. implementation, UK plg. in a Euro. context
• and Conservation & Listed Buildings, Countryside planning,
• Development Plans: (Regional plg. / Structure plg. / LDDs & LDFs / Local plg. / Unitary Dev. Plans (UDPs),
• Employment Planning, Green belts, Housing & planning, Minerals & waste planning,
  Open space planning, Other international planning, Planning & pollution etc., Planning appeals & inquiries,
  Retail Planning, Sustainable development, Sustainable transport, Urban Regeneration
• and also:-
• Central gov. (& plg.) / Local gov. (& plg.) in the Central & Local Gov. context for Planning bibliography
• N.B. also the RTPI library catalogue on the web - go to http://www.rtpi.org.uk/library/lib_search.html
  
  and also
• Defra's Planning Consultancy Advice scheme: http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/regulat/forms/erdp/res/index.htm
• RTPI Consultants: http://www.rtpiconsultants.co.uk

OFL = Ordered for Library - please see University Library catalogue for latest on availability:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/library/
* indicates more useful and/or up to date references

Arletti, Cristina, 2002, 'Experts' guide to finding the right firm for the job' (choosing a planning consultancy for a regeneration project), Regeneration & Renewal 24.5.02, pp19-21.

Audit Commission, 2002, 'Competitive Procurement: Learning from Audit, Inspection and Research', Audit Commission Publications, tel. (0800) 502030

Balch, Oliver, 2004, 'Agents of change?' (the burgeoning SD consultancy industry), (Forum for the Future) Green Futures 47 (July/August), pp36-39

Capner, Gareth, 2004, 'Hands - on strategist' (creating sustainable communities and the work of consultants), Planning 1595, 12.11.04, p15

Collar, Neil, 1993, 'Legal help for plan inquiry', Which Consultant? Ambit Publications, Gloucester, October.

Dallal, Ellis, 2003, 'A welcome application' (best value in appointing consultants), Surveyor 190 (5723), 3.4.03, pp18-19

Dewar, David, 2005, 'Planners in practice', Planning 1644, 11.11.05, p15

Early, Catherine, 2004, 'High hopes for bright future' (for planning consultancies), Planning 1595, 12.11.04, pp17-24
Early, Catherine, 2005, 'Sector benefits from ideals' (sustainable travel promotion efforts and the growth of transport consultancies), Planning 1639, 7.10.05, p15
Early, Catherine, 2005, 'Market takes bullish stance', Planning 1644, 11.11.05, p25

Fordham, Richard, 1990, 'Planning consultancy: can it serve the public interest?', Public Administration 68, pp243-248.

Fyson, Anthony, 2006, ‘Firms showcase top talent’, Planning 1653, 27.1.06, p18

Garlick, Richard, 2001, 'All things to all clients' (Planning Consultants), Regeneration & Renewal, 30.11.01, p23.

Gill, Susanna, 2005, 'Staff issue harms progress', Planning 1644, 11.11.05, p17

Guy, Cliff & David, Gemma, 2002, 'Problems on the shop floor' (consultants and retail planning policy for large stores), Planning 1457, 22.2.02, p18

Howarth, Anita, 2002, 'The tricky balance of local skills and outside help' (in New Deal for Communities projects), Regeneration & Renewal 24.5.02, p1p16-17.

James Barr Planning Consultants, 2000, 'Advertising Planning Consultants', report for the Central Research Unit, The Scottish Executive, Edinburgh, - summary available: Development Department Research Findings no. 84.

Johnston, Bryan, 2002, 'It's a job seeker's market', Planning 1457, 22.2.02, p17
Johnston, Bryan, 2002, 'Clear road to a unified vision', (prospects for transport planning consultancies), Planning 1475, 28.6.02, p15.
Johnston, Bryan, 2002, 'A competitive edge for council services' (planning departments and the involvement of the private sector in service delivery), Planning 1479, 26.7.02, pp14-15.
Johnston, Bryan, 2002, 'Consultancy: Healthy growth in prospect', Planning 1494, 8.11.02, p15
Johnston, Bryan, 2002, 'Consultancy: Top planners in short supply', Planning 1494, 8.11.02, pp16-21
Johnston, Bryan, 2002, 'Consultancy: Firms push into the regions', Planning 1494, 8.11.02, pp22-25
Johnston, Bryan, 2002, 'Consultancy: Signs of another good year', Planning 1494, 8.11.02, pp26-29.
Johnston, Bryan, 2003, 'Consulancies vie for award', Planning 1502, 17.1.03, p15
Johnston, Bryan, 2003, 'Diversity rules in the market', Planning 1506, 14.2.02, pp15-16.
Johnston, Bryan, 2003, 'Consultants survey: A year of great expectations', Planning 1545, 14.11.03, pp15-24
Johnston, Bryan, 2004, 'Skills put firms on shortlist', Planning 1553, 23.1.04, p20
Johnston, Bryan, 2004, 'Poll reveals buoyant market', (annual survey of the consultancy sector), Planning 1595, 12.11.04, p13
Johnston, Bryan, 2005, 'Optimism thrives in sectors' (growth prospects for planning consultancies), Planning 1644, 11.11.05, p13

Loney, Nick, 2001, 'Evolution of the species' (Planning consultants and Regeneration), Regeneration & Renewal, 30.11.01, p17-21.

Masundire, Caroline, 2000, 'Using consultants risk wasting staff's own potential', (regeneration partnerships' staff), Urban Environment Today, 15.6.00.

Morris, Huw, 2001, 'This boom wont stop' (the increasingly complex workload of consultants), Planning 1425, 29.6.01, p19.

Nadin, Vincent, & Daniels, Roger, 1992, 'Consultants and Development Plans', The Planner, 78 (16), 4.9.92.
Nadin, Vincent, 1992, 'Local Plan Making; Consultation by Consultants', Town and Country Planning, October.
Nadin, Vincent & Daniels, R, 1992, 'Consultants and Development Plans', The Planner 78, pp13-24.

Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation, tel. (0870) 770 0339:
'So You Want to Use a Consultant?', 2002.

O'Neill, Janet, 2003, 'Moving into Private Practice', Paper presented to the Planning Summer School, Bangor, September, http://www.planningsummerschool.org/papers/year2003/

Planning Officers' Society:
- website: http://www.planningofficers.org.uk/
'A Guide to Best Value and Planning', (2nd edition), July 2002, http://www.planningofficers.org.uk/planningguide/

Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), 41 Botolph Lane, London EC3R 8DL,
tel. (020) 7929 9494, fax. (020) 7929 9490, email: online@rtpi.org.uk
- website: http://www.rtpi.org.uk/resources/publications/consultancy/
'Starting in Private Practice', ?, http://www.rtpi.org.uk/resources/publications/consultancy/privateprac.pdf
RTPI 1990-95:
'Planning - is it a service and how can it be effective?', RTPI Commissioned study by Alan Gunne-Jones of Elsworth Sykes Planning, 1991. ISBN 0 901151 65 3
'Starting on private practice', written and compiled by the RTPI Consultancy Panel, 4th edition, 1991
'Planning in the consultancy sector', Results of a survey of planning consultancies carried out by the Severnside Consultancy Unit, University of the West of England, for the RTPI Consultancy Panel, 1992. ISBN 0 901151
'Independent research: a guide for planning practitioners', written by the RTPI Research Panel, 1992
'Survey of the specialised studies offered by planning schools', 1994, free.
'Fees and terms of engagement', RTPI Consultancy Panel, 1995.
RTPI 1996-99:
'Code of professional conduct', June 1997, free.
'Contining Professional Development', Professional Conduct Advice Note 1, 1997, free.
'Safety in planning offices', Study commissioned from Barbara Illsley, Bill Lynch & Alan Watt of the University of Dundee for the Scottish Branch, 1997. ISBN 0 901151 97 1.
'The Appointment of Consultants by Public Authorities', 1999.
Planning consultants and their clients', Results of market research carried out by Blake Stevenson Ltd. ion association with KLM Consulting for the RTPI Consultancy Panel, 1999. ISBN 1 902311 10 8
RTPI 2000-:
'The appointment of consultants by public authorities', A Planning Practice Standard written by the Management Development Panel in liaison with the Consultancy Panel to replace PAN2, 2000. ISBN 1 902311 19 1.
'Careers in town planning support', 2000 (free).
'The supply and demand for qualified town planners', the third annual report of a three year project commisssioned from the Network in Town Planning, 2000.
'Directory of Planning Consultants 2000', 2000, ISBN 1 854 159 9, Croner@CCH through RTPI Services Ltd.
'Where to find planning advice (2000). Regional leaflets listing planning consultancies, available only from Croner@CCH through RTPI Services Ltd, free.
'Results of the 1999 survey of planning consultancies carried out by the RTPI Consultancy Panel', 2000.
RTPI 2001:
'The Supply and Demand for Town Planners - Fourth Report', RTPI, January 2001.

RTPI Practice Advice Notes (PANs) available from Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI),
41 Botolph Lane, London EC3R 8DL, tel. (020) 7929 9494, fax. (020) 7929 9490, email: online@rtpi.org.uk
- website: http://www.rtpi.org.uk:
2. The Appointment of Consultants by Public Authorities, November 1988.
4. Chartered Town Planners at Public Inquiries, February 1989.
5. Consultancy by Current and Former Public Sector Employees, March 1989.
7. Professional Practice and Maladministration, September 1989.
11. Personal safety at meetings and site visits, September 1992.

Shillam, Wendy, 2004, 'How to survive consultants' (consultation on planning covering the entire community), Planning 1562, 6.3.04, p19

Wainscott, Nancy, 2004, 'Frims forecast more growth', (future state of consultancies), Planning 1595, 12.11.04, pp27-33

Winkley, Rob, 2002, 'The public-private dilemma', (bringing in consultants to help overstretched local planning authorities), Planning 1463, 5.4.02, p14
Winkley, Rob, 2002, 'Future's bright in transport', (transport consultancies and multi-modal studies), Planning 1475, 28.6.02, p17.
Winkley, Rob, 2003, 'How to make yourself heard' (marketing agencies and planning consultants), Planning 1505, 7.2.03, p15
Winkley, Rob, 2003, 'Growth inspires confidence', (Consultants survey), Planning 1545, 14.11.03, pp27-30

• Main Planning bibliographies Index
• Detailed Topic Index
• Effectiveness of Planning etc. Index