Planning Out is an LGBT network for professionals in the town planning sector and related industries. The network has two key aims. Firstly, it is a forum for professionals in the LGBT community to develop professional connections and friendships, learn best practice and share ideas from colleagues across the industry. Secondly, Planning Out aims to provide a forum to encourage LGBT professionals to be themselves and be authentic in the workplace and in their everyday lives so that they can fulfil their potential.
They welcome all people regardless of seniority, public, private, voluntary or academic sectors as well as those who are supportive of the cause.
Find out more from these articles published in The Planner:
2016: Planning Out - A Q&A with Simon Brooksbank and Rob Krzyszowski [https://www.theplanner.co.uk/2016/07/21/planning-out-qa-simon-brooksbank-and-rob-krzyszowski]
2019: Why we made a placemaking toolkit for the LGBT community [https://www.theplanner.co.uk/2019/07/09/why-we-made-placemaking-toolkit-lgbt-community]
Website [https://cavendishconsulting.com/our-partnerships/planning-out/]
X|Twitter [https://twitter.com/PlanningOut]
Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/planningout/]
The Planning Officer's Society (POS), a membership organisation for local authority planners, is looking to partner with an academic researcher and or a planning consultancy to develop a series of case studies (between 8 - 10) which demonstrate success in increasing an area's housing supply, creating new homes that do not rely on new builds, and ensuring planning is a key part of placemaking, building communities for the future.
Procurement reference POS - 2026001
Procurement stage Opportunity
Closing 15 May 2026, 12pm
POS Research Opportunity - further details available on Contracts Finder or by emailing projectmanager@planningofficers.gov.uk