Resources for Everyone

Explore our free collection of downloadable resources. Access Planning Guides, Community Planning and Engagement Publications and our many resources on Participatory Budgeting.

See our 2023 Annual Report.

We also have a wide range of older publications in our archives.  Need additional resources not listed?  Contact us to start a conversation.

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Planning

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Guide to Planning Policy for Social and Affordable Housing
Communities seeking social and affordable housing in their areas will often find it helpful to understand the relevant planning policies and the criteria for identifying potential sites for development.
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Guide to Regional Planning Policies
The Strategic Planning Policy Statement for NI - Planning for Sustainable Development - sets out the Department's regional planning policies under the new two-tier planning system.
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Guide to the Public Inquiry Process
A Public Inquiry is a procedure used to carry out in-depth investigations on a particularly complex planning application.
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Community Engagement

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Planning and Designing Effective Engagement – A How To Guide (Nov-19)
This guide has been prepared by Community Places to accompany the ABC Community Planning Partnership’s ‘Our Community Engagement Strategy’ which outlines two important frameworks which the partnership has committed to using in the planning of its engagement processes.
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Armagh Banbridge Craigavon Community Engagement Strategy (Jun-19)
Community planning is about improving the quality of life of people who live and work in our Borough.
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Re-Thinking Engagement Project Report
Rethinking Engagement developed out of a first phase project, Rethinking Nimbyism, which looked at the issue of community engagement and the siting of large-scale renewable energy technology (RET) in rural areas which has become a divisive issue in some communities.
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Community Planning

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Community Planning Toolkit – Outcomes Approach
This section of the Toolkit: Explains the logic of an outcomes-based approach; Suggests how it should be applied to Community Planning; and Provides tools and pointers to good practice.
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Community Planning Toolkit – Community Planning
This section of the Toolkit: introduces and explains Community Planning; focuses on its distinctive qualities; explains what the legal duties will be in the region; gives examples of Community Planning in action; outlines the support communities need; and presents the types of skills and knowledge needed for Community Planning.
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Community Planning Toolkit – Community Engagement
This section of the toolkit provides guidance on the issues to consider when planning and designing community engagement.
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Participatory Budgeting

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Communities Leading Change – PB in Newry, Mourne and Down
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PB Works Project – Impact Sheet
Sharing the learning from PB Works Project
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Participatory Budgeting Strategic Insight Lab Report
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Annual Reports

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Annual Report 2020
Our Annual Report 2020
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Annual Report 2019
Our Annual Report 2019
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Annual Report 2018
Our Annual Report 2018
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Archive

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Bushmills Community Plan
The Community Planning process in Bushmills was initiated by the Village Forum, Moyle District Council and Supporting Communities NI and facilitated by Community Places.
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Clanvaraghan Village Plan
This plan presents us all with the opportunity to make a difference and to shape Clanvaraghan as the sort of village we would like to see in the future.
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Cushendun Village Plan
This Village Plan for Cushendun and Knocknacarry was developed over a number of months.
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