What is social planning? Well it's not party planning! It's a specialty within urban planning. Social planners are focussed on the social elements of planning, just as transport planners focus on transport and statutory planners focus on the rules and regulations.

I've been a social planner for several years now. To me, understanding how development will affect individuals and society is the most important element of planning. It shouldn't be about maximising land value or economic outcomes, but about achieving our social aspirations.

I'm going to use this blog to express my ideas around social planning, link to useful information and in general work through my original question of what is social planning.