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The Chairman informed the Committee that the City’s Planning Department City’s Planning Division had won the Royal Town Planning Institute’s national award in November as the UK’s Best Planning Authority. This followed on from winning the London’s Best Planning Authority award in summer. The judges said that the City of London was “setting an example for cities across the world to follow” and were particularly impressed with the innovative microclimatic modelling work and the manner in which the division managed stakeholder relationships.