GPN1: Guidelines on Effective Community Involvement and Consultation

RTPI (2005)

Community participation is a critical component of spatial planning in the UK. These guidelines address many of the issues and challenges of effective community involvement and consultation with in a statutory planning context.

Coming Soon - Update to GPN1 and case studies to complement GPN1

• Case Study 1 - Woodberry Down, London
• The importance of existing groups and how to engage

• Case Study 2 - Oxmoor, Cambridgeshire
• Leadership and partnership working

• Case Study 3 – Denbighshire County Council
• Stakeholder management and leadership

• Case Study 4 - Greenwich Waterfront Transit
• Presenting options and addressing complex issues

• Case Study 5 – Planning Aid

Research and policy background

This publication was made possible due to Central Government funding of the RTPI’s Community Planning Project.

Discussions at the RTPI General Assembly and with the Community Planning Forum have directly influenced the content of these guidelines which were first published in 2005.

As well as being central to ongoing planning and governance reforms across the UK effective community involvement is also an integral element of spatial planning as defined through the RTPI’s New Vision for Planning.

Sources of further information

• communityplanning.net  is a joint development of the RTPI Community Planning Project and Nick Wates Associates The site provides easily-accessible best practice information, including a range of case studies.
• planningaid.rtpi.org.uk  provides free, independent and professional help, advice and support on planning issues to people and communities who cannot afford to hire a planning consultant.

Author:

Sarah Lewis

Publisher:

The Royal Town Planning Institute

Date:

11-May-07

Categories:

RTPI Publications 

Sections:

What Planning Does

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