Scotland 

Submissions must be located within Scotland.

Choose the categories you wish to enter from the list below. Direct to national categories can be found at the bottom of the page.

Site visits and/or interviews will take place between 23 April – 7 May. The relevant coordinator will be in touch with you to arrange the visit and or interview if you progress to that stage.

Awards in the regions/nations will be given to the Best Project, the Best Plan, Small Planning Consultancy of the Year, Mid-sized Planning Consultancy of the Year, Planning Authority of the Year and Young Planner of the Year*. These winners become national finalists.

Winning and high scoring entries are put through for judging in the national awards and will be judged against the others in their selected categories for the national finalist list. The remaining four categories are also judged to complete the national finalist list of 15 categories. National winners and commendations are announced at the national ceremony in November 2025.

*All Young Planner winners will be entered into the national shortlist and will be judged again by the national judges. The top five will become national finalists and will be interviewed by the national judges.

This award celebrates outstanding projects that boost economic prosperity. We're looking for exceptional work in areas such as:

  • Regeneration projects
  • Industrial and commercial development
  • Infrastructure improvements
  • Public realm enhancements 
  • Minerals planning

Important: All entries must provide evidence of success, not just intentions. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including but not limited to:

  • Statistical data 
  • Qualitative assessments
  • Survey results 
  • Visual documentation 
  • Testimonials

Eligibility

Projects must be completed within the last three years. You may submit the same project for multiple categories, but each submission needs a separate entry form focused on category-specific criteria. Winning projects cannot be resubmitted. Projects that were previously shortlisted or commended may be resubmitted.

Projects must have been completed in accordance with the approved plans and in compliance with any planning conditions and must not be subject to ongoing formal enforcement action. If this issue arises following submission, you are required to notify us by emailing awards@rtpi.org.uk. 

Submissions must be located within Scotland.

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Excellence in Planning for a Successful Economy - Scotland

Assessment Areas

The following questions include prompts to help you answer – these are to provide a guide and you only need to answer the ones relevant to your submission.

Where possible, please link your answers to the UN sustainable development goals.

Important: All entries must provide evidence of success, not just intentions. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including but not limited to:

  • Statistical data 
  • Qualitative assessments 
  • Survey results
  • Visual documentation
  • Testimonials

Projects must have been completed in accordance with the approved plans and in compliance with any planning conditions and must not be subject to ongoing formal enforcement action. If this arises following submission, you are required to notify us by emailing awards@rtpi.org.uk

1. Project Excellence
Explain how your project demonstrates excellence in planning for economic development, including:

  • Placemaking and design
  • Economic impact
  • Sustainability measures
  • Alignment with wider policy objectives 
  • Meeting local needs 
  • Integration of green and blue infrastructure
  • Biodiversity enhancement 
  • Provision of infrastructure 
  • Creative and innovative approaches
  • Measurable outcomes 
  • How your project goes beyond standard practice

2. The role of planners
Highlight the specific contribution of planners to your project's success and long-term benefits relevant to this category.

What lessons / best practice could be taken from your project and applied elsewhere?

How did planners demonstrate leadership and/or work collaboratively with other professionals?

3. Community and Stakeholder Engagement
Describe your community and stakeholder engagement approach relating to your project, highlighting:

  • Innovation and reach 
  • Evidence of the scope and success of the engagement. 
  • Approaches/methods used to ensure the engagement is accessible and inclusive. 
  • How community feedback and responses have shaped the project

Please include any relevant statistics and reference how the project responded to that feedback.

4. Inclusive Planning
Detail how the project addresses barriers and promotes inclusivity e.g. through:

  • Creating safe and accessible spaces for all users
  • Promoting community health, wellbeing and cohesion
  • Reducing poverty and stimulating growth 
  • Improving access to jobs, economic opportunities and/or homes 
  • Safeguarding and enhancing the built and/or natural environment.

5. Climate Action
Demonstrate how your project is addressing the climate and nature emergencies and overcoming related challenges e.g. through:

  • Contribution to net-zero 
  • Biodiversity enhancement 
  • Locating development sustainably 
  • Energy-efficient building design / retrofitting 
  • Adapting to or mitigating climate change
  • Renewable energy / clean heat 
  • Sustainable use of materials
  • Innovative approaches to project delivery

This award celebrates outstanding Plan-making practice. An up-to-date, evidence-based and ambitious adopted Plan is the cornerstone of an effective Plan-led system. Development Plans can be supplemented by other spatial planning guidance. We're looking for exceptional work in areas such as: 

  • Local Development Plans
  • Strategic Development Plans
  • Supplementary planning documents/guidance
  • Spatial Strategies
  • Masterplans or Design Codes 
  • Neighbourhood Plans

Place Plans All submissions will need to show how the preparation and/or content of the plan or document goes above and beyond good practice: why does it warrant an award for excellence?

Important: All entries must provide evidence of success, not just intentions. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including but not limited to:

  • Statistical data
  • Qualitative assessments
  • Survey results
  • Visual documentation
  • Testimonials

Eligibility

Plans must have been adopted between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2024. Plans that have previously won an RTPI Award for Planning Excellence cannot be resubmitted. Plans that were previously shortlisted or commended may be resubmitted.

Plans must have been formally adopted by the relevant Authority or body and that decision must not be subject to a live judicial review. If a legal challenge to adoption arises following submission, you are required to notify us by emailing awards@rtpi.org.uk

Submissions must be located within Scotland.

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Excellence in Plan Making Practice - Scotland

Assessment Areas

The following questions include prompts to help you answer – these are to provide a guide and you only need to address the prompts that are relevant to your project.

Where possible, please link your answers to the UN sustainable development goals .

All submissions will need to show how the preparation and/or content of the plan or document goes above and beyond good practice: why does it warrant an award for excellence?

Important: All entries must provide evidence of success, not just intentions. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including but not limited to:

  • Statistical data
  • Qualitative assessments
  • Survey results 
  • Visual documentation
  • Testimonials

Plans must have been formally adopted by the relevant Authority or body and that decision must not be subject to a live judicial review. If a legal challenge to adoption arises following submission, you are required to notify us by emailing awards@rtpi.org.uk

1. Project Excellence
Explain how your Plan demonstrates excellence in Plan-making, including:

  • Creative and innovative policies
  • Economic, environmental or community impact
  • Meeting local needs
  • Creative and innovative approaches to community engagement
  • The use of data and evidence to inform policies and allocations
  • Measurable outcomes
  • How your Plan goes beyond standard practice
  • How your Plan-making went beyond standard practice

2. The role of planners
Highlight the specific contribution of planners to your Plan's success and long-term benefits relevant to this category.

  • What lessons / best practice could be taken from your project and applied elsewhere?
  • How did planners demonstrate leadership and/or work collaboratively with other professionals?

3. Community and Stakeholder Engagement
Describe your community and stakeholder engagement approach relating to your Plan, highlighting:

  • Innovation and reach 
  • Evidence of the scope and success of the engagement. 
  • Approaches/methods used to ensure the engagement is accessible and inclusive 
  • How community feedback and responses have shaped the project

Please include any relevant statistics and reference how the project responded to that feedback.

4. Inclusive Planning
Detail how the Plan addresses barriers and promotes inclusivity e.g. through:

  • Creating safe and accessible spaces for all users
  • Promoting community health, wellbeing and cohesion 
  • Reducing poverty and stimulating growth 
  • Improving access to jobs, economic opportunities and/or homes 
  • Safeguarding and enhancing the built and/or natural environment.

5. Climate Action
Demonstrate how your Plan is addressing the climate and nature emergencies and overcoming related challenges e.g. through:

  • Contribution to net-zero
  • Biodiversity enhancement
  • Locating development sustainably 
  • Energy-efficient building design / retrofitting
  • Adapting to or mitigating climate change
  • Renewable energy / clean heat
  • Sustainable use of materials

This award seeks out the brightest RTPI members in the early stages of their careers. Potential candidates can work in any area of the industry. We are looking for outstanding Young Planners who can demonstrate a contribution to planning or significant career achievements in recent years.

Reminder

If you are nominating someone else, please let them know before submitting your entry.

Eligibility

Entrants must be in the first ten years of post-qualification experience and be a current member of the RTPI. A candidate can nominate themselves or they can also be nominated by an employer, colleague or peer.

Submissions must be located within Scotland.
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Young Planner of the Year - Scotland

Award Criteria

Please submit an 800 word submission outlining the experiences and achievements, particularly over recent years, which you feel qualifies the entrant to be named our Young Planner of the Year.

Entries may make reference to careers as a whole as well as any particular projects or pieces of work you wish to share with the judges. Please ensure the submission fully outlines how it meets the judging criteria. The judges will be assessing the applications against the following criteria:

  1. Understanding of planning policy and the planning system they are working within
  2. The range, quality and variety of recent planning experience and achievements
  3. Their enthusiasm and originality of approach
  4. Their personal and team working skills
  5. Their commitment to continuing professional development and involvement with professional institutes, networks, events, outreach work or relevant voluntary activity. With particular reference to the RTPI
  6. The extent to which they serve as a role model for other young professionals
Please upload 2 references from chartered members to support the application.

This award celebrates outstanding Local Planning Authorities. We're looking for exceptional work in areas such as:

  • What has your team achieved in the last 12 months that merits an award for excellence?
  • What project(s)/services have been delivered and why these were exceptional?
  • How were projects or services shaped to meet the needs of the community or client?
  • What challenges were faced by your team and how these were overcome? 
  • How have you worked in challenging or complex stakeholder environments?
  • How happy/satisfied client/applicant/partners were with the level of service?
  • How have you collaborated effectively other Local Planning Authorities?

All submissions will need to show how your team goes above and beyond good practice: why does it deserve an award for excellence? What best practice could other teams take and adopt elsewhere?

Important: All entries must provide specific examples and measurable results. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including:

  • Statistical data
  • Qualitative assessments and testimonials 
  • Survey results 
  • Visual documentation
  • Testimonials

Eligibility

This could be the whole planning authority or be a part of it, for example, the policy/enforcement/development management team.

Submissions must be located within Scotland.

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Planning Authority of the Year - Scotland

Assessment Areas

The following questions include prompts to help you answer – these are to provide a guide and you only need to address the prompts that are relevant to your team.

Where possible, please link your answers to the UN sustainable development goals .

1. Team Excellence
Please use this section to sing the praise of your team of planners that have created/delivered excellence over the last 12 months. Please remember that whilst we do want to hear about some of the amazing success that you have had in this section, what we really want to hear about are the people who have made it possible and what it is about them that makes team excellent.

Please describe how practitioners in your team influenced or led a project to conclusion and provide evidence of effective collaboration, partnership working and mediation, as well as providing a value for money service for clients and tangible benefits to communities.

2. Innovation and Problem Solving
Explain how your team has developed and applied creative approaches and techniques to achieve high quality planning solutions.

  • What challenges did you face? 
  • What problem solving techniques or tools did you use?
  • What actions did you take? 
  • What was the outcome?

3. Client and Stakeholder Satisfaction
Provide evidence of service quality through client and stakeholder feedback. Include testimonials that answer the following. How satisfied were your clients/applicants/partners with the service provided? What was exceptional about the team’s performance? This might include:

  • timeliness 
  • flexibility
  • ability to respond imaginatively to a brief
  • presentation and communication
  • responsiveness to ideas and feedback.

4. Community Engagement
Describe your team’s approach to community engagement, highlighting:

  • Innovation and reach
  • Evidence of the scope and success of the engagement. 
  • Approaches/methods used to ensure the engagement is accessible and inclusive 
  • How community feedback and responses have shaped projects and initiatives. 
  • Promotion of the planning profession.

For assessment areas 3 and 4, please include relevant statistics and references on how the team responded to feedback.

5. Inclusive Planning
Detail how your team addresses barriers and delivers inclusive places in what you do e.g.:

  • Creating safe and accessible spaces for all users 
  • Promoting community health, well-being and cohesion 
  • Reducing poverty and promoting equity
  • Improving access to jobs, economic opportunities and/or homes

6. Climate Action
Demonstrate how your team is addressing the climate and nature emergencies e.g. through:

  • Contributing to meeting net-zero targets 
  • Biodiversity enhancement
  • Reducing and decarbonising energy use 
  • Adapting to or mitigating climate change 
  • Promoting the use of renewable energy / clean heat
  • Sustainable use of materials

This award celebrates outstanding Planning Consultancies. We're looking for exceptional work in areas such as:

  • What has your team achieved in the last 12 months that merits an award for excellence? 
  • What project(s)/services have been delivered and why these were exceptional? 
  • How were projects or services shaped to meet the needs of the community or client? 
  • What challenges were faced by your team and how these were overcome?
  • How have you worked in challenging or complex stakeholder environments?
  • How happy/satisfied client/applicant/partners were with the level of service? 
  • How have you collaborated effectively with Local Planning Authorities?

All submissions will need to show how your team goes above and beyond good practice: why does it deserve an award for excellence? What best practice could other teams take and adopt elsewhere?

Important: All entries must provide specific examples and measurable results. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including:

  • Statistical data
  • Qualitative assessments and testimonials
  • Survey results
  • Visual documentation
  • Testimonials

Eligibility

Organisations entering this category must have between one and four RTPI members, one of which must be a Chartered Town Planner (MRTPI or FRTPI). They should demonstrate high levels of service, commitment to sustainable development and support for the planning profession.

Submissions must be located within Scotland.

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Small Planning Consultancy of the Year - Scotland

Assessment Areas

The following questions include prompts to help you answer – these are to provide a guide and you only need to address the prompts that are relevant to your team.

Where possible, please link your answers to the UN sustainable development goals .

1. Team Excellence
Please use this section to sing the praise of your team of planners that have created/delivered excellence over the last 12 months. Please remember that whilst we do want to hear about some of the amazing success that you have had in this section, what we really want to hear about are the people who have made it possible and what it is about them that makes team excellent.

Please describe how practitioners in your team influenced or led a project to conclusion and provide evidence of effective collaboration, partnership working and mediation, as well as providing a value for money service for clients and tangible benefits to communities.

2. Innovation and Problem Solving
Explain how your team has developed and applied creative approaches and techniques to achieve high quality planning solutions.

  • What challenges did you face? 
  • What problem solving techniques or tools did you use?
  • What actions did you take? 
  • What was the outcome?

3. Client and Stakeholder Satisfaction
Provide evidence of service quality through client and stakeholder feedback. Include testimonials that answer the following. How satisfied were your clients/applicants/partners with the service provided? What was exceptional about the team’s performance? This might include:

  • timeliness 
  • flexibility
  • ability to respond imaginatively to a brief
  • presentation and communication
  • responsiveness to ideas and feedback.

4. Community Engagement
Describe your team’s approach to community engagement, highlighting:

  • Innovation and reach
  • Evidence of the scope and success of the engagement. 
  • Approaches/methods used to ensure the engagement is accessible and inclusive 
  • How community feedback and responses have shaped projects and initiatives. 
  • Promotion of the planning profession.

For assessment areas 3 and 4, please include relevant statistics and references on how the team responded to feedback.

5. Inclusive Planning
Detail how your team addresses barriers and delivers inclusive places in what you do e.g.:

  • Creating safe and accessible spaces for all users 
  • Promoting community health, well-being and cohesion 
  • Reducing poverty and promoting equity
  • Improving access to jobs, economic opportunities and/or homes

6. Climate Action
Demonstrate how your team is addressing the climate and nature emergencies e.g. through:

  • Contributing to meeting net-zero targets 
  • Biodiversity enhancement
  • Reducing and decarbonising energy use 
  • Adapting to or mitigating climate change 
  • Promoting the use of renewable energy / clean heat
  • Sustainable use of materials

This award celebrates outstanding Mid-Size Planning Consultancies. We're looking for exceptional work in areas such as: 

  • What has your team achieved in the last 12 months that merits an award for excellence?
  • What project(s)/services have been delivered and why these were exceptional?
  • How were projects or services shaped to meet the needs of the community or client? 
  • What challenges were faced by your team and how these were overcome? 
  • How have you worked in challenging or complex stakeholder environments?
  • How happy/satisfied client/applicant/partners were with the level of service? 
  • How have you collaborated effectively with Local Planning Authorities?

All submissions will need to show how your team goes above and beyond good practice: why does it deserve an award for excellence? What best practice could other teams take and adopt elsewhere?

Important: All entries must provide specific examples and measurable results. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including:

  • Statistical data
  • Qualitative assessments and testimonials 
  • Survey results 
  • Visual documentation 
  • Testimonials

Eligibility

Organisations entering this category must have between five and ten RTPI members, one of which must be a Chartered Town Planner (MRTPI or FRTPI). They should demonstrate high levels of service, commitment to sustainable development and support for the planning profession.

Entries should be submitted based on your geographical location unless the majority of your work takes place elsewhere.

Submissions must be located within Scotland.
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Mid-Size Planning Consultancy of the Year - Scotland

Assessment Areas

The following questions include prompts to help you answer – these are to provide a guide and you only need to address the prompts that are relevant to your team.

Where possible, please link your answers to the UN sustainable development goals .

1. Team Excellence
Please use this section to sing the praise of your team of planners that have created/delivered excellence over the last 12 months. Please remember that whilst we do want to hear about some of the amazing success that you have had in this section, what we really want to hear about are the people who have made it possible and what it is about them that makes team excellent.

Please describe how practitioners in your team influenced or led a project to conclusion and provide evidence of effective collaboration, partnership working and mediation, as well as providing a value for money service for clients and tangible benefits to communities.

2. Innovation and Problem Solving
Explain how your team has developed and applied creative approaches and techniques to achieve high quality planning solutions.

  • What challenges did you face? 
  • What problem solving techniques or tools did you use?
  • What actions did you take? 
  • What was the outcome?

3. Client and Stakeholder Satisfaction
Provide evidence of service quality through client and stakeholder feedback. Include testimonials that answer the following. How satisfied were your clients/applicants/partners with the service provided? What was exceptional about the team’s performance? This might include:

  • timeliness 
  • flexibility
  • ability to respond imaginatively to a brief
  • presentation and communication
  • responsiveness to ideas and feedback.

4. Community Engagement
Describe your team’s approach to community engagement, highlighting:

  • Innovation and reach
  • Evidence of the scope and success of the engagement. 
  • Approaches/methods used to ensure the engagement is accessible and inclusive 
  • How community feedback and responses have shaped projects and initiatives. 
  • Promotion of the planning profession.

For assessment areas 3 and 4, please include relevant statistics and references on how the team responded to feedback.

5. Inclusive Planning
Detail how your team addresses barriers and delivers inclusive places in what you do e.g.:

  • Creating safe and accessible spaces for all users 
  • Promoting community health, well-being and cohesion 
  • Reducing poverty and promoting equity
  • Improving access to jobs, economic opportunities and/or homes

6. Climate Action
Demonstrate how your team is addressing the climate and nature emergencies e.g. through:

  • Contributing to meeting net-zero targets 
  • Biodiversity enhancement
  • Reducing and decarbonising energy use 
  • Adapting to or mitigating climate change 
  • Promoting the use of renewable energy / clean heat
  • Sustainable use of materials


This award celebrates outstanding projects that include more than 50 homes either as a standalone development or integrated into the wider surrounding context. We are looking for exceptional work in areas such as: 

  • Placemaking
  • Meeting local housing needs
  • Providing community infrastructure
  • Sustainably located development served by local amenities, community facilities and infrastructure 
  • Climate adaptation and mitigation 
  • Innovative approaches to design or construction

Important: All entries must provide evidence of success, not just intentions. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including but not limited to:

  • Statistical data
  • Qualitative assessments
  • Survey results 
  • Visual documentation 
  • Testimonials

Eligibility

Projects must be completed between 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2024. You may submit the same project for multiple categories, but each submission needs a separate entry form focused on category-specific criteria. Winning projects cannot be resubmitted. Projects that were previously shortlisted or commended may be resubmitted.

Projects must have been completed in accordance with the approved plans and in compliance with any planning conditions and must not be subject to ongoing formal enforcement action. If this issue arises following submission, you are required to notify us by emailing awards@rtpi.org.uk

Submissions must be located within Scotland.

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Excellence in Planning for Communities (large schemes of 50 homes or more) - Scotland

Assessment Areas

The following questions include prompts to help you answer – these are to provide a guide and you only need to address the prompts that are relevant to your project.

Where possible, please link your answers to the UN sustainable development goals .

Important: All entries must provide evidence of success, not just intentions. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including but not limited to:

  • Statistical data 
  • Qualitative assessments
  • Survey results
  • Visual documentation
  • Testimonials

Projects must have been completed in accordance with the approved plans and in compliance with any planning conditions and must not be subject to ongoing formal enforcement action. If this arises following submission, you are required to notify us by emailing awards@rtpi.org.uk

1. Project Excellence
Explain how your project demonstrates excellence in planning for communities, including:

  • Placemaking and design
  • Community benefit
  • Sustainability measures
  • Alignment with wider policy objectives 
  • Meeting local needs 
  • Integration of green and blue infrastructure 
  • Biodiversity enhancement 
  • Provision of infrastructure 
  • Creative and innovative approaches
  • Measurable outcomes
  • How your project goes beyond standard practice

2. The role of planners
Highlight the specific contribution of planners to your project's success and long-term benefits relevant to this category.

What lessons / best practice could be taken away from your project and applied elsewhere?

How did planners demonstrate leadership and/or work collaboratively with other professionals?

3. Community and Stakeholder Engagement
Describe your community engagement and stakeholder approach relating to your project, highlighting:

  • Innovation and reach 
  • Evidence of the scope and success of the engagement.
  • Approaches/methods used to ensure the engagement is accessible and inclusive
  • How community feedback and responses have shaped the project Please include any relevant statistics and reference how the project responded to that feedback.

4. Inclusive Planning
Detail how the project addresses barriers and promotes inclusivity e.g. through:

  • Creating safe and accessible spaces for all users 
  • Promoting community health, wellbeing and cohesion
  • Reducing poverty and stimulating growth 
  • Improving access to jobs, economic opportunities and/or homes 
  • Safeguarding and enhancing the built and/or natural environment.

5. Climate Action
Demonstrate how your project is addressing the climate and nature emergencies and overcoming related challenges e.g. through:

  • Contribution to net-zero
  • Biodiversity enhancement
  • Locating development sustainably
  • Energy-efficient building design / retrofitting
  • Adapting to or mitigating climate change
  • Renewable energy / clean heat
  • Sustainable use of materials
  • Innovative approaches to project delivery


This award celebrates outstanding projects that include up to 50 homes. We are looking for exceptional work in areas such as: 

  • Placemaking 
  • Meeting local housing needs
  • Providing community infrastructure 
  • Sustainably located development served by local amenities, community facilities and infrastructure 
  • Climate adaptation and mitigation
  • Innovative approaches to design or construction

Important: All entries must provide evidence of success, not just intentions. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including:

  • Statistical data 
  • Qualitative assessments
  • Survey results
  • Visual documentation
  • Testimonials

Eligibility

Projects must be completed between 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2024. You may submit the same project for multiple categories, but each submission needs a separate entry form focused on category-specific criteria. Winning projects cannot be resubmitted. Projects that were previously shortlisted or commended may be resubmitted.

Projects must have been completed in accordance with the approved plans and in compliance with any planning conditions and must not be subject to ongoing formal enforcement action. If this issue arises following submission, you are required to notify us by emailing awards@rtpi.org.uk

Submissions must be located within Scotland.
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Excellence in Planning for Communities (small schemes under 50 homes) - Scotland

Assessment Areas

The following questions include prompts to help you answer – these are to provide a guide and you only need to address the prompts that are relevant to your project.

Where possible, please link your answers to the UN sustainable development goals .

Important: All entries must provide evidence of success, not just intentions. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including but not limited to:

  • Statistical data 
  • Qualitative assessments
  • Survey results
  • Visual documentation
  • Testimonials

Projects must have been completed in accordance with the approved plans and in compliance with any planning conditions and must not be subject to ongoing formal enforcement action. If this arises following submission, you are required to notify us by emailing awards@rtpi.org.uk

1. Project Excellence
Explain how your project demonstrates excellence in planning for communities, including:

  • Placemaking and design
  • Community benefit
  • Sustainability measures
  • Alignment with wider policy objectives 
  • Meeting local needs 
  • Integration of green and blue infrastructure 
  • Biodiversity enhancement 
  • Provision of infrastructure 
  • Creative and innovative approaches
  • Measurable outcomes
  • How your project goes beyond standard practice

2. The role of planners
Highlight the specific contribution of planners to your project's success and long-term benefits relevant to this category.

What lessons / best practice could be taken away from your project and applied elsewhere?

How did planners demonstrate leadership and/or work collaboratively with other professionals?

3. Community and Stakeholder Engagement
Describe your community engagement and stakeholder approach relating to your project, highlighting:

  • Innovation and reach 
  • Evidence of the scope and success of the engagement.
  • Approaches/methods used to ensure the engagement is accessible and inclusive
  • How community feedback and responses have shaped the project Please include any relevant statistics and reference how the project responded to that feedback.

4. Inclusive Planning
Detail how the project addresses barriers and promotes inclusivity e.g. through:

  • Creating safe and accessible spaces for all users 
  • Promoting community health, wellbeing and cohesion
  • Reducing poverty and stimulating growth 
  • Improving access to jobs, economic opportunities and/or homes 
  • Safeguarding and enhancing the built and/or natural environment.

5. Climate Action
Demonstrate how your project is addressing the climate and nature emergencies and overcoming related challenges e.g. through:

  • Contribution to net-zero
  • Biodiversity enhancement
  • Locating development sustainably
  • Energy-efficient building design / retrofitting
  • Adapting to or mitigating climate change
  • Renewable energy / clean heat
  • Sustainable use of materials
  • Innovative approaches to project delivery


This award celebrates outstanding projects that have improved or enhanced health and wellbeing. We're looking for exceptional work in areas such as:

  • Delivery of new or improved healthcare facilities 
  • Education facilities 
  • Projects that promote healthier lifestyles 
  • Sustainably located development 
  • Improved access to facilities that support health and wellbeing

Important: All entries must provide evidence of success, not just intentions. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including but not limited to:

  • Statistical data 
  • Qualitative assessments
  • Survey results
  • Visual documentation 
  • Testimonials

Eligibility

Projects must be completed between 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2024. You may submit the same project for multiple categories, but each submission needs a separate entry form focused on category-specific criteria. Winning projects cannot be resubmitted. Projects that were previously shortlisted or commended may be resubmitted.

Submissions must be located within Scotland.
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Excellence in Planning for Health and Wellbeing - East Midlands

Assessment Areas

The following questions include prompts to help you answer – these are to provide a guide and you only need to address the prompts that are relevant to your project.

Where possible, please link your answers to the UN sustainable development goals .

Important: All entries must provide evidence of success, not just intentions. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including but not limited to:

  • Statistical data 
  • Qualitative assessments
  • Survey results
  • Visual documentation
  • Testimonials

Projects must have been completed in accordance with the approved plans and in compliance with any planning conditions and must not be subject to ongoing formal enforcement action. If this arises following submission, you are required to notify us by emailing awards@rtpi.org.uk

1. Project Excellence
Explain how your project demonstrates excellence in planning for health and wellbeing, including:

  • Placemaking and design
  • Health and wellbeing impact
  • Community benefit
  • Sustainability measures
  • Alignment with wider policy objectives 
  • Meeting local needs 
  • Integration of green and blue infrastructure 
  • Biodiversity enhancement 
  • Creative and innovative approaches
  • Measurable outcomes
  • How your project goes beyond standard practice

2. The role of planners
Highlight the specific contribution of planners to your project's success and long-term benefits relevant to this category.

What lessons / best practice could be taken away from your project and applied elsewhere?

How did planners demonstrate leadership and/or work collaboratively with other professionals?

3. Community and Stakeholder Engagement
Describe your community engagement and stakeholder approach relating to your project, highlighting:

  • Innovation and reach 
  • Evidence of the scope and success of the engagement.
  • Approaches/methods used to ensure the engagement is accessible and inclusive
  • How community feedback and responses have shaped the project Please include any relevant statistics and reference how the project responded to that feedback.

4. Inclusive Planning
Detail how the project addresses barriers and promotes inclusivity e.g. through:

  • Creating safe and accessible spaces for all users 
  • Promoting community health, wellbeing and cohesion
  • Reducing poverty and stimulating growth 
  • Improving access to jobs, economic opportunities and/or homes 
  • Safeguarding and enhancing the built and/or natural environment.

5. Climate Action
Demonstrate how your project is addressing the climate and nature emergencies and overcoming related challenges e.g. through:

  • Contribution to net-zero
  • Biodiversity enhancement
  • Locating development sustainably
  • Energy-efficient building design / retrofitting
  • Adapting to or mitigating climate change
  • Renewable energy / clean heat
  • Sustainable use of materials
  • Innovative approaches to project delivery


This award celebrates outstanding projects that have improved or enhanced places with a particular historical or cultural significance, for the benefit of the community and future generations. We're looking for exceptional work in areas such as:

  • Building restoration and conservation.
  • New developments.
  • Repurposing of heritage buildings.
  • Historical or culturally significant sites. 
  • Innovative approaches to design or construction in a heritage setting. 
  • Innovative approaches to energy efficiency or decarbonisation in a heritage setting.

Important: All entries must provide evidence of success, not just intentions. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including but not limited to:

  • Statistical data 
  • Qualitative assessments 
  • Survey results
  • Visual documentation 
  • Testimonials

Eligibility

Projects must be completed between 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2024. You may submit the same project for multiple categories, but each submission needs a separate entry form focused on category-specific criteria. Winning projects cannot be resubmitted.

Projects that were previously shortlisted or commended may be resubmitted. Projects must have been completed in accordance with the approved plans and in compliance with any planning conditions and must not be subject to ongoing formal enforcement action. If this arises following submission, you are required to notify us by emailing awards@rtpi.org.uk

Submissions must be located within Scotland.
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Excellence in Planning for Heritage and Culture - Scotland

Assessment Areas

The following questions include prompts to help you answer – these are to provide a guide and you only need to address the prompts that are relevant to your project.

Where possible, please link your answers to the UN sustainable development goals .

Important: All entries must provide evidence of success, not just intentions. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including but not limited to:

  • Statistical data 
  • Qualitative assessments
  • Survey results
  • Visual documentation
  • Testimonials

Projects must have been completed in accordance with the approved plans and in compliance with any planning conditions and must not be subject to ongoing formal enforcement action. If this arises following submission, you are required to notify us by emailing awards@rtpi.org.uk

1. Project Excellence
Explain how your project demonstrates excellence in planning for heritage and culture, including:

  • Placemaking and design
  • Heritage, cultural and/or community benefit
  • Sustainability measures
  • Alignment with wider policy objectives
  • Biodiversity enhancement
  • Creative and innovative approaches 
  • Measurable outcomes 
  • How your project goes beyond standard practice

2. The role of planners
Highlight the specific contribution of planners to your project's success and long-term benefits relevant to this category.

What lessons / best practice could be taken away from your project and applied elsewhere?

How did planners demonstrate leadership and/or work collaboratively with other professionals?

3. Community and Stakeholder Engagement
Describe your community engagement and stakeholder approach relating to your project, highlighting:

  • Innovation and reach 
  • Evidence of the scope and success of the engagement.
  • Approaches/methods used to ensure the engagement is accessible and inclusive
  • How community feedback and responses have shaped the project Please include any relevant statistics and reference how the project responded to that feedback.

4. Inclusive Planning
Detail how the project addresses barriers and promotes inclusivity e.g. through:

  • Creating safe and accessible spaces for all users 
  • Promoting community health, wellbeing and cohesion
  • Reducing poverty and stimulating growth 
  • Improving access to jobs, economic opportunities and/or homes 
  • Safeguarding and enhancing the built and/or natural environment.

5. Climate Action
Demonstrate how your project is addressing the climate and nature emergencies and overcoming related challenges e.g. through:

  • Contribution to net-zero
  • Biodiversity enhancement
  • Locating development sustainably
  • Energy-efficient building design / retrofitting
  • Adapting to or mitigating climate change
  • Renewable energy / clean heat
  • Sustainable use of materials
  • Innovative approaches to project delivery


This award celebrates outstanding projects that improve the natural environment through conservation, restoration or enhancement. We're looking for exceptional work in areas such as:

  • Green and blue infrastructure. 
  • Biodiversity enhancement. 
  • Natural resource management. 
  • Climate change adaptation and mitigation.
  • Improving access to the natural environment.

Important: All entries must provide evidence of success, not just intentions. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including but not limited to:

  • Statistical data
  • Qualitative assessments
  • Survey results
  • Visual documentation 
  • Testimonials

Eligibility

Projects must be completed between 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2024. You may submit the same project for multiple categories, but each submission needs a separate entry form focused on category-specific criteria. Winning projects cannot be resubmitted. Projects that were previously shortlisted or commended may be resubmitted.

Projects must have been completed in accordance with the approved plans and in compliance with any planning conditions and must not be subject to ongoing formal enforcement action. If this issue arises following submission, you are required to notify us by emailing awards@rtpi.org.uk

Submissions must be located within Scotland.
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Excellence in Planning for the Natural Environment - Scotland

Assessment Areas

The following questions include prompts to help you answer – these are to provide a guide and you only need to address the prompts that are relevant to your project.

Where possible, please link your answers to the UN sustainable development goals .

Important: All entries must provide evidence of success, not just intentions. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including but not limited to:

  • Statistical data 
  • Qualitative assessments
  • Survey results
  • Visual documentation
  • Testimonials

Projects must have been completed in accordance with the approved plans and in compliance with any planning conditions and must not be subject to ongoing formal enforcement action. If this arises following submission, you are required to notify us by emailing awards@rtpi.org.uk

1. Project Excellence
Explain how your project demonstrates excellence in planning for the natural environment, including:

  • Environmental improvement
  • Sustainability measures
  • Alignment with wider policy objectives 
  • Integration of green and blue infrastructure 
  • Biodiversity enhancement 
  • Provision of infrastructure
  • Creative and innovative approaches
  • Measurable outcomes
  • How your project goes beyond standard practice

2. The role of planners
Highlight the specific contribution of planners to your project's success and long-term benefits relevant to this category.

What lessons / best practice could be taken away from your project and applied elsewhere?

How did planners demonstrate leadership and/or work collaboratively with other professionals?

3. Community and Stakeholder Engagement
Describe your community engagement and stakeholder approach relating to your project, highlighting:

  • Innovation and reach 
  • Evidence of the scope and success of the engagement.
  • Approaches/methods used to ensure the engagement is accessible and inclusive
  • How community feedback and responses have shaped the project Please include any relevant statistics and reference how the project responded to that feedback.

4. Inclusive Planning
Detail how the project addresses barriers and promotes inclusivity e.g. through:

  • Creating safe and accessible spaces for all users 
  • Promoting community health, wellbeing and cohesion
  • Reducing poverty and stimulating growth 
  • Improving access to jobs, economic opportunities and/or homes 
  • Safeguarding and enhancing the built and/or natural environment.

5. Climate Action
Demonstrate how your project is addressing the climate and nature emergencies and overcoming related challenges e.g. through:

  • Contribution to net-zero
  • Biodiversity enhancement
  • Locating development sustainably
  • Energy-efficient building design / retrofitting
  • Adapting to or mitigating climate change
  • Renewable energy / clean heat
  • Sustainable use of materials
  • Innovative approaches to project delivery


National categories 

Entries into these categories will be judged by a national judging panel. Finalists will be announced in October. Winners of each category will be announced at the national awards ceremony in November 2025.

If the category you wish to enter does not appear on this list then please enter through the relevant region or nation.

This award celebrates the outstanding use of digital technology. We're looking for exceptional work in areas such as:

  • Local Plans and policy writing 
  • Masterplanning and design codes 
  • Housing land availability studies and other baseline evidence
  • Development Management
  • Consultation and community engagement 
  • Improved back-office processes
  • Improved public access to planning information 
  • Tools for evidence-based decision-making

All submissions will need to show how the preparation and/or content of the digital approach goes above and beyond good practice: why does it warrant an award for excellence?

Important: All entries must provide evidence of success, not just intentions. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including but not limited to:

  • Statistical data
  • Qualitative assessments 
  • Survey results 
  • Visual documentation
  • Testimonials

Eligibility

The technology / digital approach must have been adopted/implemented between 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2024. Digital approaches that have previously won an RTPI Award for Planning Excellence cannot be resubmitted. Digital approaches that were previously shortlisted or commended may be resubmitted.

Projects must have been completed in accordance with the approved plans and in compliance with any planning conditions and must not be subject to ongoing formal enforcement action. If this arises following submission, you are required to notify us by emailing awards@rtpi.org.uk
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Excellence in Digital Planning

Assessment Areas

The following questions include prompts to help you answer – these are to provide a guide and you only need to answer the ones relevant to your submission.

Where possible, please link your answers to the UN sustainable development goals.

Important: All entries must provide evidence of success, not just intentions. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including but not limited to:

  • Statistical data 
  • Qualitative assessments
  • Survey results 
  • Visual documentation 
  • Testimonials

Projects must have been completed in accordance with the approved plans and in compliance with any planning conditions and must not be subject to ongoing formal enforcement action. If this arises following submission, you are required to notify us by emailing awards@rtpi.org.uk.

1. Project Excellence
Explain how your project demonstrates excellence in digital technology, including: 

  • Meeting user needs 
  • Addressing some of planning’s biggest challenges
  • Evidence of positive impact
  • Improving access to information, data and evidence to inform decision-making 
  • Improving access to information or services for stakeholders or customers 
  • Making planning services inclusive and accessible 
  • Easy data portability, data sharing and/or flexible licencing
  • Engagement with the wider community 
  • Showcasing cutting-edge innovation 
  • Efficiency/cost savings 
  • Managing – carbon footprint

2. The role of planners
Highlight the specific contribution of planners to your project’s success and long-term benefits relevant to this category. 

  • What lessons / best practice could be taken away from your project and applied elsewhere?
  • How did planners demonstrate leadership and/or work collaboratively with other professionals?

3. User and Stakeholder Engagement
Describe your user and stakeholder engagement approach relating to your digital project, highlighting: 

  • Innovation and reach 
  • Evidence of the scope and success of the engagement.
  • Approaches/methods used to ensure the digital project is accessible and inclusive
  • How user feedback and responses have shaped the project
  • How the digital project addresses barriers and promotes inclusivity.
  • Please include any relevant statistics and reference how the project responded to that feedback.

This award celebrates outstanding projects, either as a standalone development or integrated into the wider surrounding context. We're looking for exceptional work in areas such as:

  • Placemaking SDG11
  • Meeting local housing needs: SDG11 
  • Sustainably located development served by local amenities, community facilities and infrastructure SDG11 
  • Climate adaptation and mitigation SDG13, SDG11
  • Innovative approaches to design or construction

Important: All entries must provide evidence of success, not just intentions. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including but not limited to: 

  • Statistical data 
  • Qualitative assessments
  • Survey results
  • Visual documentation
  • Testimonials

Eligibility

Projects must be completed between 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2024. You may submit the same project for multiple categories, but each submission needs a separate entry form focused on category-specific criteria. Winning projects cannot be resubmitted. Projects that were previously shortlisted or commended may be resubmitted.

Projects must have been completed in accordance with the approved plans and in compliance with any planning conditions and must not be subject to ongoing formal enforcement action. If this issue arises following submission, you are required to notify us by emailing awards@rtpi.org.uk

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International Award for Planning Excellence

Assessment Areas

The following questions include prompts to help you answer – these are to provide a guide and you only need to address the prompts that are relevant to your project.

Where possible, please link your answers to the UN sustainable development goals which are referenced below.

1. Project Excellence

Explain how your project demonstrates excellence in planning for communities, including:

  • Creative and innovative approaches
  • Measurable outcomes 
  • Community benefit SDG11
  • Placemaking and design 
  • Integration of green and blue infrastructure SDG13 & SDG11
  • Biodiversity enhancement – SDG15 
  • Provision of infrastructure SDG9
  • Sustainability measures
  • How your project goes beyond standard practice

2. The role of planners

Highlight the specific contribution of planners to your project's success and long-term benefits relevant to this category.

What lessons / best practice could be taken from your project and applied elsewhere?

How did planners demonstrate leadership and/or work collaboratively with other professionals?

3. Community and Stakeholder Engagement – SDG11 & International Participatory Charter

Describe your community and stakeholder engagement approach, highlighting: 

  • Innovation and reach.
  • Evidence of the scope and success of the engagement.
  • Approaches/methods used to ensure the engagement is accessible and inclusive.
  • How community feedback and responses have shaped the project.

Please include any relevant statistics and reference how the project responded to that feedback.

4. Inclusive Planning

Detail how the project addresses barriers and promotes inclusivity e.g. through:

  • Creating safe and accessible spaces for all users – SDG11 
  • Promoting community health, wellbeing and cohesion – SDG3
  • Reducing poverty and stimulating growth SDG1 & SDG8 
  • Improving access to jobs, economic opportunities and/or homes SDG8 & SDG11
  • Safeguarding and enhancing the built and/or natural environment. SDG15

5. Climate Action

Demonstrate how your project is addressing the climate and nature emergencies and overcoming related challenges e.g. through:

  • Contribution to net-zero SDG11, SDG13, SDG7
  • Biodiversity enhancement SDG15 
  • Locating development sustainably SDG11 
  • Energy-efficient building design / retrofitting SDG11, SDG12 
  • Adapting to or mitigating climate change SDG13 SDG11
  • Renewable energy / clean heat SDG7 
  • Sustainable use of materials SDG12 
  • Innovative approaches to project delivery

This award celebrates outstanding In-House Planning Teams. We're looking for exceptional work in areas such as:

  • What has your team achieved in the last 12 months that merits an award for excellence? 
  • What project(s)/services have been delivered and why these were exceptional? 
  • How were projects or services shaped to meet the needs of the community or client?
  • What challenges were faced by your team and how these were overcome?
  • How have you worked in challenging or complex stakeholder environments?
  • How happy/satisfied client/applicant/partners were with the level of service? 
  • How have you collaborated effectively with Local Planning Authorities?

All submissions will need to show how your team goes above and beyond good practice: why does it deserve an award for excellence? What best practice could other teams take and adopt elsewhere?

Important: All entries must provide specific examples and measurable results. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including: 

  • Statistical data
  • Qualitative assessments and testimonials 
  • Survey results 
  • Visual documentation
  • Testimonials

Eligibility

The team must include at least one Chartered Town Planner (MRTPI or FRTPI). They should demonstrate high levels of service, commitment to sustainable development and support for the planning profession.

This award recognises the achievements of planning teams working in-house within organisations whose primary function isn't planning or built environment consultancy. Examples of eligible organisations include: third sector, charities, government departments, developers, commercial organisations, leisure providers and charities.

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In-house Planning Team of the Year

Assessment Areas

Important: All entries must provide specific examples and measurable results. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including: 

  • Statistical data 
  • Qualitative assessments and testimonials 
  • Survey results 
  • Visual documentation
  • Testimonials

The following questions include prompts to help you answer – these are to provide a guide and you only need to address the prompts that are relevant to your team. Where possible, please link your answers to the UN sustainable development goals.

1. Team Excellence
Please use this section to sing the praise of your team of planners that have created/delivered excellence over the last 12 months. Please remember that whilst we do want to hear about some of the amazing success that you have had in this section, what we really want to hear about are the people who have made it possible and what it is about them that makes team excellent.

Please describe how practitioners in your team influenced or led a project to conclusion and provide evidence of effective collaboration, partnership working and mediation, as well as providing a value for money service for clients and tangible benefits to communities.

2. Innovation and Problem Solving
Explain how your team has developed and applied creative approaches and techniques to achieve high quality planning solutions. 

  • What challenges did you face? 
  • What problem solving techniques or tools did you use?
  • What actions did you take? 
  • What was the outcome?

3. Client and Stakeholder Satisfaction
Provide evidence of service quality through client and stakeholder feedback. Include testimonials that answer the following. How satisfied were your clients/applicants/partners with the service provided? What was exceptional about the team’s performance? This might include: 

  • timeliness 
  • flexibility
  • ability to respond imaginatively to a brief
  • presentation and communication
  • responsiveness to ideas and feedback.

4. Community Engagement
Describe your team’s approach to community engagement, highlighting: 

  • Innovation and reach
  • Evidence of the scope and success of the engagement. 
  • Approaches/methods used to ensure the engagement is accessible and inclusive 
  • How community feedback and responses have shaped projects and initiatives. 
  • Promotion of the planning profession.

For assessment areas 3 and 4, please include relevant statistics and references on how the team responded to feedback.

5. Inclusive Planning
Detail how your team addresses barriers and delivers inclusive places in what you do e.g.: 

  • Creating safe and accessible spaces for all users 
  • Promoting community health, well-being and cohesion 
  • Reducing poverty and promoting equity
  • Improving access to jobs, economic opportunities and/or homes

6. Climate Action
Demonstrate how your team is addressing the climate and nature emergencies e.g. through: 

  • Contributing to meeting net-zero targets 
  • Biodiversity enhancement
  • Reducing and decarbonising energy use 
  • Adapting to or mitigating climate change 
  • Promoting the use of renewable energy / clean heat
  • Sustainable use of materials

This award celebrates outstanding Planning Consultancies. We're looking for exceptional work in areas such as:

  • What has your team achieved in the last 12 months that merits an award for excellence? 
  • What project(s)/services have been delivered and why these were exceptional? 
  • How were projects or services shaped to meet the needs of the community or client? 
  • What challenges were faced by your team and how these were overcome?
  • How have you worked in challenging or complex stakeholder environments?
  • How happy/satisfied client/applicant/partners were with the level of service? 
  • How have you collaborated effectively with Local Planning Authorities?

All submissions will need to show how your team goes above and beyond good practice: why does it deserve an award for excellence? What best practice could other teams take and adopt elsewhere?

Important: All entries must provide specific examples and measurable results. We accept both quantitative metrics and qualitative evidence, including: 

  • Statistical data
  • Qualitative assessments and testimonials
  • Survey results
  • Visual documentation
  • Testimonials

Eligibility

Organisations entering this category must have over ten RTPI members, one of which must be a Chartered Town Planner (MRTPI or FRTPI). They should demonstrate high levels of service, commitment to sustainable development and support for the planning profession.

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Large Planning Consultancy of the Year

Assessment Areas

The following questions include prompts to help you answer – these are to provide a guide and you only need to address the prompts that are relevant to your team.

Where possible, please link your answers to the UN sustainable development goals .

1. Team Excellence
Please use this section to sing the praise of your team of planners that have created/delivered excellence over the last 12 months. Please remember that whilst we do want to hear about some of the amazing success that you have had in this section, what we really want to hear about are the people who have made it possible and what it is about them that makes team excellent.

Please describe how practitioners in your team influenced or led a project to conclusion and provide evidence of effective collaboration, partnership working and mediation, as well as providing a value for money service for clients and tangible benefits to communities.

2. Innovation and Problem Solving
Explain how your team has developed and applied creative approaches and techniques to achieve high quality planning solutions.

  • What challenges did you face? 
  • What problem solving techniques or tools did you use?
  • What actions did you take? 
  • What was the outcome?

3. Client and Stakeholder Satisfaction
Provide evidence of service quality through client and stakeholder feedback. Include testimonials that answer the following. How satisfied were your clients/applicants/partners with the service provided? What was exceptional about the team’s performance? This might include:

  • timeliness 
  • flexibility
  • ability to respond imaginatively to a brief
  • presentation and communication
  • responsiveness to ideas and feedback.

4. Community Engagement
Describe your team’s approach to community engagement, highlighting:

  • Innovation and reach
  • Evidence of the scope and success of the engagement. 
  • Approaches/methods used to ensure the engagement is accessible and inclusive 
  • How community feedback and responses have shaped projects and initiatives. 
  • Promotion of the planning profession.

For assessment areas 3 and 4, please include relevant statistics and references on how the team responded to feedback.

5. Inclusive Planning
Detail how your team addresses barriers and delivers inclusive places in what you do e.g.:

  • Creating safe and accessible spaces for all users 
  • Promoting community health, well-being and cohesion 
  • Reducing poverty and promoting equity
  • Improving access to jobs, economic opportunities and/or homes

6. Climate Action
Demonstrate how your team is addressing the climate and nature emergencies e.g. through:

  • Contributing to meeting net-zero targets 
  • Biodiversity enhancement
  • Reducing and decarbonising energy use 
  • Adapting to or mitigating climate change 
  • Promoting the use of renewable energy / clean heat
  • Sustainable use of materials