Planning Aid Wales is a registered charity that advocates and supports community involvement in planning in Wales.  Founded in 1978, we have almost 40 years’ experience of helping individuals and community groups to understand and engage with the planning system.

Our core-funded services include delivering planning training to a range of audiences, developing easy read planning guidance and a free planning advice helpline.
We also undertake projects and commissions on behalf of Welsh Government, Local Planning Authorities and Community and Town Councils.
Planning Aid Wales can deliver informative and engaging training courses for elected members, community and town councils, community groups and organisations across Wales.
Planning Aid Wales is an advocate of meaningful community engagement in planning.  Through our work, we seek to raise the knowledge and capacity of communities to engage, but not just in the activity at hand – we seek to enable people to effectively participate in planning activities on an ongoing basis.

We are available to support Local Planning Authorities on community engagement in the Local Development Plan process.

As an independent third party organisation, we have found time and again that communities are willing to engage with us, even where Local Planning Authorities have encountered barriers to engagement in the past. As part of our process, we encourage active collaboration between local planning authority staff and community groups, thereby building better relationships for future engagement. We take no view on any local policy or specific development; we only support individuals and communities to express their own views effectively.
We are also able to offer support services to both Community and Town Councils, Local Planning Authorities and community groups in the preparation of Place Plans.
Planning Aid Wales has developed a number of ‘easy-read’ planning guidance documents on behalf of Welsh Government and Local Authorities.


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