Planning Aid is a network of planning volunteers providing free and independent advice to community groups and individuals who are unable to afford a consultant.

National Planning Aid Unit

Address: Unit 419, The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Birmingham, B9 4AA

Email: info@planningaid.rtpi.org.uk

Web: http://www.planningaid.rtpi.org.uk/

Phone: 0121 693 1201

Find your local Planning Aid contact below:

East of England Planning Aid

Covers: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire

Email: eecw@planningaid.rtpi.org.uk

Phone: 0870 850 9801

East Midlands Planning Aid Service

Covers: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire

Email: emcw@planningaid.rtpi.org.uk

Phone: 0870 850 9802

Planning Aid for London

Covers: Greater London, including all outer boroughs

Email: info@planningaidforlondon.org.uk

Web: http://www.planningaidforlondon.org.uk/

Phone: 0207 247 4900

Planning Aid North

Covers: Tees Valley, County Durham, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear

Email: ntcw@planningaid.rtpi.org.uk

Phone: 0870 850 9803

North West Planning Aid

Covers: Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside

Email: nwcw@planningaid.rtpi.org.uk

Phone: 0870 850 9804

Northern Ireland Planning Aid

Covers: Northern Ireland

Email: niplanaid@rtpi.org.uk

Phone: 02892 673060

Planning Aid for Scotland

Covers: All of Scotland

Email: office@planningaidscotland.org.uk

Web: http://www.planningaidscotland.org.uk

Phone: 0131 220 9730

Planning Aid South

Covers: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire

Email: socw@planningaid.rtpi.org.uk

Phone: 0870 240 7552

South East Planning Aid

Covers: East & West Sussex, Surrey, Kent (excluding London Boroughs)

Email: secw@planningaid.rtpi.org.uk

Phone: 0870 850 9806

South West Planning Aid

Covers: Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

Email: swcw@planningaid.rtpi.org.uk

Phone: 0870 850 9807

Planning Aid Wales

Covers: All of Wales

Email: cccpaw@btconnect.com

Web: www.planningaidwales.org.uk

Phone: 02920 485765

West Midlands Planning Aid Service

Covers: Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, former county of West Midlands

Email: wmcw@planningaid.rtpi.org.uk

Phone: 0121 766 8044

Yorkshire Planning Aid

Covers: Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire

Email: ykcw@planningaid.rtpi.org.uk

Phone: 0870 850 9808

Apart from in London, Scotland and Wales, Planning Aid is operated by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)