In responding to national planning policy consultations, Planning Aid Wales aims to identify potential policy barriers to meaningful public involvement. We work from the principle that improving public understanding of the planning process and encouraging community involvement from the outset of any planning activity inevitably leads to better planning. Properly managed public involvement improves confidence in the planning system, reduces conflict and improves outcomes.
Please click on the links below to download responses by Planning Aid Wales to public consultations.
Collective consultation response to the Welsh Assembly Government on: Draft Circular (Land Use) Planning for Gypsy and Traveller Caravan Sites in Wales. Submitted on behalf of Gypsy and Traveller communities in Wales by Planning Aid Wales, July 2007
Response to the UK government's Planning White Paper, August 2007
Draft Technical Advice Note 17: Planning and Managing Development, November 2007: Consultation response; Key policy messages and recommendations
Planning for climate change – Design (Consultation on limited revisions to Technical Advice Note 12: Design), August 2008
Welsh Assembly Government Review of Planning Applications Process, January 2010
Issues paper to National Assembly for Wales Sustainability Committee Inquiry into planning, June 2010
