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CHARTERED MEMBERS ELECTED JULYSEPTEMBER 2016
RTPI BRANCH TOASTS PAST Congratulations to our newly elected Chartered Members between July-September 2016
RTPI Yorkshire celebrates 50 years since its creation STAN DRIVER, HON TREASURER, RTPI YORKSHIRE What happened in 1966? b b b b b b
England won the World Cup Miniskirts were in fashion Chairman Mao launched China’s Cultural Revolution The first episode of Star Trek was shown The Beatles were top of the charts The Yorkshire Branch of the RTPI was created Halifax in 1966
The Yorkshire Branch of the then Town Planning Institute was one of three branches formed when the North of England Division was broken up to form more manageable areas corresponding with the government’s standard regions. The first chairman was Richard Bellhouse, city engineer and planning officer of the City of York, while the West Riding provided the vice-chairman, Leslie Fraser, the honorary secretary, Ken Whincup, and the honorary treasurer, Phil Robinson. Although few records of the branch’s early years remain in existence, it is known that seminars, social events and an annual dinner were held in most years, together with a weekend school at Grantley Hall near Ripon. Unfortunately, the latter ended in 1973 after a late returner from the local village pub succeeded in pulling down the ivy on the hall in trying to climb up to his room, resulting in the RTPI being banned. In the late 1960s an unprecedented surge in planning projects resulted in cooperation between planners across the county. Pedestrianisation and motorways, shopping centres, housing and industrial estates were planned and built. Lifelong friendships were created and instead of being part of an amorphous conglomeration for administrative convenience, planners hereabouts loudly and proudly proclaimed, “We are Yorkshire!” Membership grew further on local government reorganisation in 1974 and the branch boundary changed in 1975 to correspond to the revised Yorkshire and Humber Region. By 1976 there were 755 members of the branch, compared with 1,400 today.
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“Many congratulations to all of our new Chartered Members. Employers rightly recognise the hallmark of professional expertise and integrity conferred by charter status. Being a chartered member of the RTPI makes you part of a community at the forefront of planning” – Phil Williams, RTPI president. Darren Abberley Lorna Aird Papiya Alam Alexis Anderson-Jones Laura Archer Dean Atwell Duncan Ayles Shane Baker Chloe Ballantine Julie Barrow Harriet Beattie Nicholas Beedie Jonathon Behan Nigel Blazeby Adam Brennan Christopher Brown Karsten Brussk Niall Byrne Timothy Byrne Richard Carruthers Michael Chao-Jung Chang Victoria Chase Eimear Jane Cheetham Chui Ying Cheung Giuseppe Cifaldi Kelsey Collins Alison Conmee Mark Cooke Helen Courtney Jessica Crellen Christine Dadswell Alicia Dawson Adam Day Marthinus Arnoldus de Lange Viral Desai Naomi Doughty Conor Doyle Camilla Duckworth Kathryn Dunne Benjamin Eiser Tanja El Sanadidy Jade Ellis Fiona Elton Rachael Evans Thérèse Finn Sheron French Jenny Fryer Carla Fulgoni Shaun Gaffey Trudy Gallagher Nicola Gandy
James Gibbs Naomi Gibson Emma Gladstone Hannah Godley Alice Goodall Max Goode Christopher Gowlett David Grimshaw James Guthrie Christopher Hall Lauren Hawksworth Hannah Hayden Luke Herring Dominic Holding Lucy Howes Charlotte Hutchison Daniel Ingram Sarah Isherwood Isobel Jackson Craig Jardine Stephen Jay Clare Johnson Virginia Evelyn Johnson Sarah Jones Eilian Wyn Jones Lauren Judson William Kennedy Hamish Lampp Julian Ling Sophie Locke Edwin Wei Jung Loo Sarah Lowe Hannah Lucitt Helen Lucocq Vincent Lynch Anne Lynch Sonia MacDonald Mairi Maciver Damian Manhertz Richard McBride Gavin McGill Phillip McIntosh Ross McMahon Jacqueline McParland Nina Miles James Millard Jon Millhouse Louise Moody Guy Munden Georgina Murray Tanusha Naidoo James Newton Graham Northern
Heather Overhead Charlotte Palmer Sneha Pankhania Rhiannon Parrett Rosie Peniston David Pickford Jonathan Pickthall Robert Piggott Henry Primarolo Sarah Pyne Ian Radcliffe Marijke Ransom Natasha Rault Rebecca Redford Mared Rees Paul Reeves Richard Regan Harriet Richardson Craig Roberts Richard Robinson Charlotte Self Nina Sharp Adele Shaw Anna Sinnott Daniel Starkey David Stengel Jacob B Stentiford Lucy Sumner Eleanor Suttie Craig Swankie Ralph Taylor Iona Thomas Michelle Thomson Baljinder Tiwana Daniel Trundle Pui Lam Tse Jessica Voorn Kathryn Waldron Jenny Walters Rachael Watts James White Maria White Angharad Williams Elisabeth Williams David Wilson Evelyn Wilson Harriette Wood David Wright Agnieszka Aleksandra Zimnicka
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