Gwent Wildlife Trust has put together this information on the planning process and how you can take part.  Follow the instructions below to make sure your voice is heard!  

Use the links section (below) to contact your local Wildlife Trust, or other organisations, if you have further queries or need some information,

The planning process and how to respond.

An introduction to the UK planning system. Local, Structure and Unitary Development plans, the development control process and what requires planning permission. 

Use this description of the planning process, together with wildlife information collected by following the next section, to respond to a planning application.  

Collecting information on the impact of a proposed development on wildlife. 

Use this information in your response to the application. 

The Barnwood Fields planning application.

Try out your knowledge on an exercise in responding to a planning application. 

Links.

Web sites of planning and wildlife organisations.