Participation

The Aarhus Convention - which the UK has adopted - says that in any decision-making process people should have rights to information, participation and redress.

Friends of the Earth have produced a lot of excellent stuff on participation and the new planning laws. This includes:

• This guide for Local Authorities on what they should be doing to make their 'Statements of Community Involvement' (a required document for the Local Development Framework portfolio) substantive.

They have also produced a fulsome Guide to the New English Planning System.