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Honours were awarded to the council as follows:

• Smethwick to ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Corridor Framework Document & Grove Lane Masterplan (BCC jointly with Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council & Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design) – Excellence in Plan Making Practice category
• ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ City Council Planning Team – West Midlands Planning Authority of the Year category
• Alice Jones, Principal Development Planning Officer, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ City Council – West Midlands Young Planner of the Year category
• Alice Jones, Principal Development Planning Officer, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ City Council – RTPI West Midlands’ Overall Winner

There was also a “Highly Commended” for:

• Perry Barr 2040: A Vision for Legacy – West Midlands Excellence in Plan Making Practice category

And also shortlisted was:

• Our Future City Nature Plan – West Midlands Best Project category

Cllr Ian Ward, Leader of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ City Council, said: “I congratulate all of the city council staff for the work they have put in to earn these awards. It demonstrates that ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ is at the forefront of efforts to develop and regenerate the region, to make the West Midlands a better place to live in, work in and to visit.

“Thanks must also go to our many project partners, as it is a shared dedication and vision that is enabling us to shape the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of the future.

“And I am delighted by the recognition received for Alice – as the judges said in their own comments, she is a talented and effective planner, who has achieved a great deal in a remarkable variety of high-profile and complex planning policy and development management roles. This has included work on the city centre Enterprise Zone, neighbourhood planning and the Edgbaston Reservoir. She is a real asset to our team.”

The ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ winners will now move forward to the national RTPI awards later this year.