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A community planning event is a carefully structured event at which all stakeholders, including the local community, work closely with independent specialists from relevant disciplines to make plans for the future of that community. It is all about participation rather than consultation, and has now become an integral part of the planning process in the UK.

This slim volume is packed full of down-to-earth guidance on how to run community planning events. It is aimed at anyone – from concerned individuals, to community groups, to professional planners in business and government – who is interested in the remarkable potential of...