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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 the Regional Planning System
This guide for community groups provides an introduction to the role and responsibilities of the Department for Infrastructure for regional planning.
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Guide to Planning in Antrim and Newtownabbey
This community guide provides an introduction to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council's role and responsibilities in relation to planning.
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Guide to Planning in Ards and North Down
This community guide provides an introduction to Ards and North Down Borough Council's role and responsibilities in relation to planning.
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Community Engagement

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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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Re-thinking NIMBYism
The number of renewable energy developments in rural areas has grown significantly in the past decade and the siting of large scale renewable energy projects has become a divisive issue in some communities.
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Re-thinking NIMBYism – Executive Summary
The NI Executive has set a target to achieve 40% of electricity generation from renewable sources by 2020.
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Community Planning

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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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Community Planning Toolkit – Achieving Alignment
Ways in which services and activities can be better coordinated across the public, community and voluntary sectors, to their mutual benefit, within the context of Community Planning.
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Participatory Budgeting

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PB Works Project – Evaluation and Impact Report
Sharing the learning from the PB Works Project
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PB Works Launch Presentation
Project launch presentation
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PB Works Workshop 6 Presentation
PB Champions Training
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Annual Reports

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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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De Wind Drive Cherryvalley Community Plan
The aim is to provide a focus to local residents and statutory and voluntary organisations in addressing the needs and issues of the community.
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Mosside Village Plan
This Village Plan for Mosside contains a collective vision of what people who live in Mosside would like to see, as well as a detailed action plan for achieving this vision.
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Scrabo Community Plan
The Scrabo Community Plan has been developed from the information gathered by surveys and questionnaires with the residents of the Scrabo Estate.
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