Future Planners: Propositions for the next age of planning argues that we need to avoid the narrow focus on how fast or slow planning is, and what planners stop us doing. Old-fashioned notions of private and public value have led to planners having to balance competing demands of economic progress and environmental sustainability.

But to succeed and thrive, the profession must bridge the gap by using resources from the private and public sectors,  local communities and NGOs, to create  places that people care for and enjoy, planning areas and neighborhoods which flourish while protecting the environment.

Based on research done by the think tank Demos; 00:/; and the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), the report has had input and support from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS);  English Partnerships; and the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).