Planning Aid

What is Planning Aid?

Yorkshire Planning Aid provides free, independent and professional advice on planning issues to individuals and community groups who cannot afford professional fees. The service is targeted at disadvantaged communities, and at groups which represent or work with people who need support or guidance to understand and get involved with the planning system, for example young people, people with disabilities, or people from ethnic minority communities.

Key services include:

• Training events and workshops, such as a 'Planning Crash Course'
• Advice and assistance on contributing to local development plans
• Helping communities to develop their own local area plans and community building and open spaces projects
• Educational projects with school children and young people.

Yorkshire Planning Aid operate an advice line on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays between 9am and 4pm (Telephone: 0870 850 9808). You can also contact them at:

Green Sand Foundry
99 Water Lane
Leeds
LS11 5QN

Tel: 0113 237 8486
Email: ykco@planningaid.rtpi.org.uk

Further information can also be obtained from www.planningaid.rtpi.org.uk.