Lichfields shortlisted for RTPI Awards for Research Excellence

Lichfields is delighted to have been shortlisted for the fifth consecutive year at the RTPI Awards for Research Excellence.

This year’s entry How does your garden grow? takes stock on planning for the Government’s Garden Communities programme reviewing all 49 Garden Communities to establish a baseline to understand and assess the programme in the future.

We find it is currently set to provide 403,000 homes, up to 182 new primary schools and 56 secondary schools, and 600 or more hectares of employment land - supporting 1.3m additional jobs to 2050. However there is some uncertainty, with 30% of homes yet to achieve formal planning status and two thirds still needing to establish the principle of development.