Planners Network UK (pnuk) is a collective of practitioners, students, academics and activists that wants to develop and support critical thinking about the current state of planning in the UK.

We want to establish the basis for connecting all those concerned about the current climate of debate. We use our website to develop resources to support that critical thinking and to stimulate debate about alternatives to the dominance of market-driven planning.

You can find links to recent pnuk initiatives and activities on the right or by using the menu above.

If you are interested in getting involved with pnuk then please have a look at our get involved page on the menu above to find out what you can do.

: PNUK held a meeting on supermarkets and retail diversity in London on Friday 29th January. Read about this event and keep in touch with plans for further work here.

: PNUK held a rountable discussion on the theme of "getting beyond the academy" at the Planning Research Conference in Chelmsford in April.

: PN North America have issued a call for papers for their annual conference in 2010. Find further details on our events page by following the link above, or visit the conference website.

: Read about recent PNUK work on the subject of "people's plans" here, including papers from a session we convened at the Royal Geographical Society Conference in August.

: Read about Portland Works, Sheffield, the Little Sheffield Development Trust and an innovative Knowledge Transfer Partnership exploring how to preserve a threatened local economy here.

: Read about a recent and ongoing people's plan initiative in Leith, Edinburgh here

: Issue 10 (3) of the journal Planning Theory and Practice explores the personal cost for people displaced by planning policy. Follow the link for free access to the articles.

: We are still working to develop our statement of principles. Read and comment on the latest draft version here.

: If you have any news or content that you would like to see on these pages please get in touch