Sustainable communities

All plans must take account of the sustainable needs of future communities. They must take account of the environment as well as setting out the sorts of development needed to help people live and work in the area.

It is important that individuals and communities get involved when plans are prepared. Who knows better than you do the sort of place where you want to live?

People who work in the local planning department are there to help - most of them are planners and they care about the environment and creating better places to live.