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.
Response to pre-application discussions consultation, September 2011
Communities First the Future, September 2011
Draft Technical Advice Note 20: Planning and the Welsh language, June 2011
Review of directions requiring planning applications to be referred to the Welsh Ministers, June 2011
Response to proposed changes to Householder Permitted Development Rights, February 2011
Standard Information Requirements for Planning Applications, November 2010
Supplementary evidence to National Assembly for Wales Sustainability Committee Inquiry into planning, September 2010
Issues paper to National Assembly for Wales Sustainability Committee Inquiry into planning, June 2010
Welsh Assembly Government Review of Planning Applications Process, January 2010
Planning for climate change – Design (Consultation on limited revisions to Technical Advice Note 12: Design), August 2008
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: Consultation response; Key policy messages and recommendations, November 2007
