Accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), this flexible, Joint Distance Learning Consortium (JDLC) course will focus on all stages of urban and rural planning. This will include:

• Urban design
• Plan making and policy
• Planning law and decision making
• Planning and place histories
• The development process
• Finance
• Implementation and delivery
• Stakeholder participation and politics

 

As part of your course, you’ll:

• Gain a critical awareness of the social, economic, political and regulatory nature of planning
• Evaluate development strategies and assess the challenges of planned interventions, sustainability and climate change
• Specialise in an area of personal interest through an Open University option module