Celebrating the 75th World Town Planning Day

Although after 1948 Town Planning was no longer included in any subsequent Olympic Games by the Internal Olympic Committee (IOC) the profile of the profession and its contribution to society was significantly raised by it’s earlier inclusion. The Planning profession globally helps to shape and manage our villages, towns and cities but also our green spaces, places to work and the infrastructure to travel between them. Whilst the process can vary from country to country it is widely accepted that Town Planning as a profession is an essential part of ensuring that the growing population has a plentiful supply of homes, places to work, socialise, study and live healthy lives. Town Planning also helps to support wider ambitions for tacking climate change, social inequality, unemployment, educational aspiration, health and wellbeing and isolation through poor infrastructure. Town Planning can also bring communities together through the planning process by engagement with those most affected by planning decisions.