RTPI Cymru is keen to work with the Welsh Government to ensure
that we have the best possible planning system. Planning Committees
are an integral part of our democratic planning system but there is
variation in the way that they work across Wales. The research will
examine how committees currently work and identify good practice
and ways in which they can be improved. Roisin Willmott, National
Director RTPI Cymru.
Background
The Independent Advisory Group (IAG) produced its September 2012
report "Towards a Welsh Planning Act: Ensuring the Planning System
Delivers". The report included a wide number of recommendations for
the improvement of the planning system in Wales. Recommendation 55
of the Report advises that "An independent body is commissioned to
conduct a study of the operation of Planning Committees in Wales to
determine whether there is a link between efficiency and
effectiveness and committee size." Consequently the Minister for
Environment and Sustainable Development has invited the Royal Town
Planning Institute in Wales (RTPI Cymru) to take forward the
recommendation.
Submission
deadline
The deadline for the submission of proposals is 12pm (noon)
Thursday 21 February 2013.
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