Find out more about exciting careers!

Ever wanted to know what we get up to and who creates new places in London?

We will be showcasing some of the exciting careers available in this industry!

We will be publishing some articles around different careers in the built environment over the coming weeks.

To kick us off …

What about town planning?

This video explains a little more about what we as town planners are responsible for and get involved in.

The Royal Town Planning Institute have lots of useful resources on getting involved in planning. Their Planning your world website explains what planners can change and also gives some helpful biographies of colleagues in the industry.

Read: Meet the Planners / Planning Your World

As a town planner you can work in the private sector (as a planning agent or for a developer for instance) or you work in the public sector (deciding on planning applications for development or creating planning policy to shape that development). We will return to this profession more over coming weeks to give you more information on what salaries you can expect and some more experiences of planners working in the industry.

Hear from Jules Pipe CBE, Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills. This short video is from an event in September where Jules was invited to speak to students like you about his role and how we should be thinking about cities now and for their future challenges.

Any questions you want answered can be emailed to us at DesignChallenge@london.gov.uk