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 roundtable meeting on supermarkets and retail diversity, Friday 29th January,  10.30am til 3.30/4pm, at Chandler House, 2 Wakefield Street,  London WC1N 1PG. This meeting aims to explore how PNUK members can contribute, by policy work, research, teaching and supporting community groups, to a just and sustainable planning environment around retail and supermarkets. For more information follow the link above to our events page.

: Read a digest of recent mailing list discussions about the planning dimensions of major supermarket development here.

: 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 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