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Treatment planning is a central part of radiotherapy and high quality treatments are important for the outcome of the treatment, both in terms of survival and toxicity. However, published treatment planning studies are of very varying quality and their conclusions might not always be generalizable due to questionable study setup. At the first ESTRO physics workshop it was decided to construct a guideline for planning studies, to help researcher and clinicians conduct high quality studies. The guidelines go through most of the aspects that planning studies need consider and address. For each focus point, there are recommendation on what needs to be part of the study and what needs to be reported in the final publication. The talk will present some of the general issues with current planning studies and explain the recommendations, which address these issues.