Michelle Lyon
@lyonctp.bsky.social
Chartered Town Planner.
Independent Town Planning Consultant at LyonCTP Limited.
Honorary Visiting Senior Fellow at ARU.
Independent Town Planning Consultant at LyonCTP Limited.
Honorary Visiting Senior Fellow at ARU.
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Sick of NPPF consultations? The real future of planning is in Sheffield, says TCPA Director of Policy & Visiting Professor, University of Sheffield.
Ahead of a workshop on 26 January, this blog discusses why planning must rediscover its moral & practical ambition
www.tcpa.org.uk/northern-lig...
Ahead of a workshop on 26 January, this blog discusses why planning must rediscover its moral & practical ambition
www.tcpa.org.uk/northern-lig...
December 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sick of NPPF consultations? The real future of planning is in Sheffield, says TCPA Director of Policy & Visiting Professor, University of Sheffield.
Ahead of a workshop on 26 January, this blog discusses why planning must rediscover its moral & practical ambition
www.tcpa.org.uk/northern-lig...
Ahead of a workshop on 26 January, this blog discusses why planning must rediscover its moral & practical ambition
www.tcpa.org.uk/northern-lig...
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⏳ Only 3 weeks left to enter #ThePineapples Awards 2026. The final deadline is 21 November.
The Pineapple for Healthy Homes, in partnership with the TCPA, recognises completed homes that promote the health of residents & citizens.
Submit your entry: www.festivalofplace.co.uk/thepineapples
The Pineapple for Healthy Homes, in partnership with the TCPA, recognises completed homes that promote the health of residents & citizens.
Submit your entry: www.festivalofplace.co.uk/thepineapples
The Pineapples
The Festival of Place brings together professionals from across the built environment to unpick what makes a place thrive. The Pineapples awards for place celebrate the best developments in the UK.
www.festivalofplace.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
⏳ Only 3 weeks left to enter #ThePineapples Awards 2026. The final deadline is 21 November.
The Pineapple for Healthy Homes, in partnership with the TCPA, recognises completed homes that promote the health of residents & citizens.
Submit your entry: www.festivalofplace.co.uk/thepineapples
The Pineapple for Healthy Homes, in partnership with the TCPA, recognises completed homes that promote the health of residents & citizens.
Submit your entry: www.festivalofplace.co.uk/thepineapples
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The 2025 round of RTPI Research Grants is open for applications.
The programme funds new, innovative, high quality, and impactful planning research.
Learn more: https://www.rtpi.org.uk/policy-and-research/research-and-practice/rtpi-research-grants/practitioner-research-fund-grant-applications/
The programme funds new, innovative, high quality, and impactful planning research.
Learn more: https://www.rtpi.org.uk/policy-and-research/research-and-practice/rtpi-research-grants/practitioner-research-fund-grant-applications/
September 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The 2025 round of RTPI Research Grants is open for applications.
The programme funds new, innovative, high quality, and impactful planning research.
Learn more: https://www.rtpi.org.uk/policy-and-research/research-and-practice/rtpi-research-grants/practitioner-research-fund-grant-applications/
The programme funds new, innovative, high quality, and impactful planning research.
Learn more: https://www.rtpi.org.uk/policy-and-research/research-and-practice/rtpi-research-grants/practitioner-research-fund-grant-applications/
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Not only is our population ageing, but there is also a growing Disabled population in the country.
Homes in England were not built with accessibility in mind. As a result of this, there is a huge gap between the number of Disabled people and the number of accessible homes.
Homes in England were not built with accessibility in mind. As a result of this, there is a huge gap between the number of Disabled people and the number of accessible homes.
August 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Not only is our population ageing, but there is also a growing Disabled population in the country.
Homes in England were not built with accessibility in mind. As a result of this, there is a huge gap between the number of Disabled people and the number of accessible homes.
Homes in England were not built with accessibility in mind. As a result of this, there is a huge gap between the number of Disabled people and the number of accessible homes.
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Feeling unstimulated and apathetic at work? You might be experiencing rustout.
Piece co-authored by Dr Sabrina Fitzsimons @sabrinafitzsimons.bsky.social, Co-Director @dcucreate.bsky.social and Assistant Professor @dcuioe.bsky.social, for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/4l9RpqX
Piece co-authored by Dr Sabrina Fitzsimons @sabrinafitzsimons.bsky.social, Co-Director @dcucreate.bsky.social and Assistant Professor @dcuioe.bsky.social, for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/4l9RpqX
August 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Feeling unstimulated and apathetic at work? You might be experiencing rustout.
Piece co-authored by Dr Sabrina Fitzsimons @sabrinafitzsimons.bsky.social, Co-Director @dcucreate.bsky.social and Assistant Professor @dcuioe.bsky.social, for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/4l9RpqX
Piece co-authored by Dr Sabrina Fitzsimons @sabrinafitzsimons.bsky.social, Co-Director @dcucreate.bsky.social and Assistant Professor @dcuioe.bsky.social, for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/4l9RpqX
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Griff Rhys Jones and the Vic Soc's Director James Hughes have expressed serious concerns about the validity of the public consultation process for the controversial redevelopment of London Liverpool Street Station. bit.ly/4nVrh67
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July 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Griff Rhys Jones and the Vic Soc's Director James Hughes have expressed serious concerns about the validity of the public consultation process for the controversial redevelopment of London Liverpool Street Station. bit.ly/4nVrh67
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Nutrient neutrality has not gone away. It has quietened as an issue because planning applications are not being made in the 74 local authorities still affected by it (after over three years). The challenge to opponents of the Nature Restoration Fund then is if not this and now then what and when?
The government has amended a planning bill to restrict the use of a fund to compensate for nature damage, which it is feared will slow projects down
Pro-growth Labour MPs dismayed at concession to green ‘nimbys’
The government has amended a planning bill to restrict the use of a fund to compensate for nature damage, which it is feared will slow projects down
www.thetimes.com
July 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Nutrient neutrality has not gone away. It has quietened as an issue because planning applications are not being made in the 74 local authorities still affected by it (after over three years). The challenge to opponents of the Nature Restoration Fund then is if not this and now then what and when?
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A stark preview image, but TfL's non-folding #eBike ban on public transport will have a stark effect on the mobility options of Disabled people. Further, without reasonable adjustments, we believe the ban is discriminatory under the Equality Act 2010. wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/tfl-non-fold...
TfL Non-Folding e-Bike Ban On Public Transport: WfW Position Statement
This ban disproportionately reduces Disabled peoples' mobility and without reasonable adjustments is discriminatory under Equality Act 2010.
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
March 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A stark preview image, but TfL's non-folding #eBike ban on public transport will have a stark effect on the mobility options of Disabled people. Further, without reasonable adjustments, we believe the ban is discriminatory under the Equality Act 2010. wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/tfl-non-fold...
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Keep yourselves up-to-date with all things planning reform here 👇🏻
Ahead of the publication of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill next month, we have set out some key legislative asks of Gov't on behalf of the profession.
For more details on our priority areas for consideration and specific asks, visit the new #PlanningReform hub:
www.rtpi.org.uk/policy-and-r...
For more details on our priority areas for consideration and specific asks, visit the new #PlanningReform hub:
www.rtpi.org.uk/policy-and-r...
February 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Keep yourselves up-to-date with all things planning reform here 👇🏻
Town and country planning work involves understanding, planning for and influencing the built and natural environment. Administrative processing work supports that town and country planning work. The administrative processing work is not in and of itself town and country planning.
December 11, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Town and country planning work involves understanding, planning for and influencing the built and natural environment. Administrative processing work supports that town and country planning work. The administrative processing work is not in and of itself town and country planning.
Planning System Features: consistency in decision making; no such thing as precedent; every site unique. Consistency achieved through: unambiguous legislation; a plan-led system; clear policies. Differs from precedent claim: specific set/s of circumstances on unique site/s determines next decision.
December 10, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Planning System Features: consistency in decision making; no such thing as precedent; every site unique. Consistency achieved through: unambiguous legislation; a plan-led system; clear policies. Differs from precedent claim: specific set/s of circumstances on unique site/s determines next decision.
Earlier this week I had the chance to present my work on ‘Social Organisation of Knowledge within Local Planning Authorities’ to UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference. Thank you for the questions and really useful feedback & suggestions in the discussions afterwards
September 6, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Earlier this week I had the chance to present my work on ‘Social Organisation of Knowledge within Local Planning Authorities’ to UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference. Thank you for the questions and really useful feedback & suggestions in the discussions afterwards
This week I've been fortunate to have opportunity to attend UK-Ireland Planning Research Conf. Really enjoyed contemporary, interesting, relevant, insightful presentations & discussions on planning&nature. Plenty to think about, more reading inspiration, & renewed hope for future of planning in UK.
2024 UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference: Planning for Nature/Nature of Planning
Full Conference Programme
From Monday 2nd September to Wednesday 4th September the University of Reading will host the 2024 UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference. This year’s theme is ‘Planning for...
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September 6, 2024 at 1:40 PM
This week I've been fortunate to have opportunity to attend UK-Ireland Planning Research Conf. Really enjoyed contemporary, interesting, relevant, insightful presentations & discussions on planning&nature. Plenty to think about, more reading inspiration, & renewed hope for future of planning in UK.
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🎺The RTPI are currently advertising for a Head of Policy and Public Affairs - an absolutely huge role at the core of the profession. If you're a planner with experience of leading campaigns and influencing, check it out...
Royal Town Planning Institute | Careers
jobs.rtpi.org.uk
August 28, 2024 at 9:08 AM
🎺The RTPI are currently advertising for a Head of Policy and Public Affairs - an absolutely huge role at the core of the profession. If you're a planner with experience of leading campaigns and influencing, check it out...
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These colourful diagrams show how air quality has changed in over 100 countries around the world since 1850
These colourful diagrams show how air quality has changed in over 100 countries around the world since 1850
Scientists have designed a powerful visual tool to make the invisible threat of air pollution more visible.
theconversation.com
August 23, 2024 at 9:48 AM
These colourful diagrams show how air quality has changed in over 100 countries around the world since 1850
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Good to see the British Library moving forward from the cyberattack. Its detailed document on the attack is really worth reading, even if you're not nerdy: it's a shining example of clear writing www.bl.uk/home/british...
British Library reveals £400,000 plan to rebuild after "catastrophic" ransomware attack 📜📚
www.thestack.technology/british-libr...
www.thestack.technology/british-libr...
British Library reveals £400,000 plan to rebuild after "catastrophic" ransomware attack
World-famous library is still battling to recover from an incident described as one of the worst in British history.
www.thestack.technology
August 21, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Good to see the British Library moving forward from the cyberattack. Its detailed document on the attack is really worth reading, even if you're not nerdy: it's a shining example of clear writing www.bl.uk/home/british...
Great to read the business community acknowledging “more planning capacity will help people, communities and the economy. Planning shapes every aspect of our lives, including education, homes, health, jobs, communications, trade, investment, growth and the environment…Invest in your local community”
Planning Skills Fund - British Chambers of Commerce
Home
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August 21, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Great to read the business community acknowledging “more planning capacity will help people, communities and the economy. Planning shapes every aspect of our lives, including education, homes, health, jobs, communications, trade, investment, growth and the environment…Invest in your local community”
Received my voting email for #RTPI elections & have voted before email gets buried/forgotten. Rhetoric around planning more positive than has been. RTPI Members please vote for who you think will represent your interests & shape the institute in hopefully a new era for planning. Only takes a few min
RTPI Membership Elections
Find out about the RTPI elections.
www.rtpi.org.uk
August 20, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Received my voting email for #RTPI elections & have voted before email gets buried/forgotten. Rhetoric around planning more positive than has been. RTPI Members please vote for who you think will represent your interests & shape the institute in hopefully a new era for planning. Only takes a few min
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Good on Swindon.
Space for pedestrians is limited in many areas and pavement parking sees more of our public realm dominated by vehicles. For some it’s a nuisance but for many it makes getting around their neighbourhood safely impossible.
Where’s next?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Space for pedestrians is limited in many areas and pavement parking sees more of our public realm dominated by vehicles. For some it’s a nuisance but for many it makes getting around their neighbourhood safely impossible.
Where’s next?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Council trial to fine drivers who park on Swindon pavements
People with sight loss and wheelchair users are among those who find pavement obstructions hazardous.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 19, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Good on Swindon.
Space for pedestrians is limited in many areas and pavement parking sees more of our public realm dominated by vehicles. For some it’s a nuisance but for many it makes getting around their neighbourhood safely impossible.
Where’s next?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Space for pedestrians is limited in many areas and pavement parking sees more of our public realm dominated by vehicles. For some it’s a nuisance but for many it makes getting around their neighbourhood safely impossible.
Where’s next?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I know there are planning folks joining (especially from the RTPI ICN) who are looking for people to follow. Apologies for omissions…
go.bsky.app/12apaJx
go.bsky.app/12apaJx
August 19, 2024 at 8:41 AM
I know there are planning folks joining (especially from the RTPI ICN) who are looking for people to follow. Apologies for omissions…
go.bsky.app/12apaJx
go.bsky.app/12apaJx
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A reminder of our story from yesterday, in which some of you lovely people get a mention:
BlueSky thinking by lawyers amid mass exodus from X www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/...
BlueSky thinking by lawyers amid mass exodus from X www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/...
BlueSky thinking by lawyers amid mass exodus from X
Social media-loving lawyers have been moving en masse this week from X to BlueSky, with one chambers saying Elon Musk’s site “contradicts” its values.
www.legalfutures.co.uk
August 16, 2024 at 8:57 AM
A reminder of our story from yesterday, in which some of you lovely people get a mention:
BlueSky thinking by lawyers amid mass exodus from X www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/...
BlueSky thinking by lawyers amid mass exodus from X www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/...
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Anyone interested in strategic planning, research I was involved in with UWE has just been published by the RTPI. It focuses on practice and experience over the last 14 years & is full of really useful evidence & advice on how we now take forward a new era of strategic planning - www.rtpi.org.uk
Championing the power of planning
We are a leading membership organisation and a Chartered Institute responsible for maintaining professional standards and accrediting planning courses.
www.rtpi.org.uk
August 16, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Anyone interested in strategic planning, research I was involved in with UWE has just been published by the RTPI. It focuses on practice and experience over the last 14 years & is full of really useful evidence & advice on how we now take forward a new era of strategic planning - www.rtpi.org.uk
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Planners and planning geeks! This, by @catrionariddell.bsky.social and others, is probably the most comprehensive research on strategic planning in England I've ever read. A landmark. Check it out...
August 16, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Planners and planning geeks! This, by @catrionariddell.bsky.social and others, is probably the most comprehensive research on strategic planning in England I've ever read. A landmark. Check it out...
Planning your world.
To find out more about planners role in the planning system, visit:
www.planningyourworld.org.uk
#plannersand
To find out more about planners role in the planning system, visit:
www.planningyourworld.org.uk
#plannersand
August 16, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Planning your world.
To find out more about planners role in the planning system, visit:
www.planningyourworld.org.uk
#plannersand
To find out more about planners role in the planning system, visit:
www.planningyourworld.org.uk
#plannersand
Planning our environment to achieve a beneficial outcome matters to us all because we are all impacted by the physical environment we live within
August 15, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Planning our environment to achieve a beneficial outcome matters to us all because we are all impacted by the physical environment we live within