| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews, leaflets, reports, newspaper cuttings, project proposals and funding requests relating to the West Midlands Planning Aid Service (WMPAS). Funding source(s): Paul S. Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: In the mid 1970s the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) published a discussion paper considering the need for planning aid nationally, current practice and the issues which it posed for the Institute. In 1989 the RTPI proposed the creation of local planning aid services provided by Institute members in each RTPI branch area including the West Midlands. Planning aid is the provision of free and independent advice on town planning to groups or individuals who need it and cannot obtain or afford it without an aid service. WMPAS was established in 1989 with the aim of providing, 1) information about town planning and its role in the local government system, 2) advice on how to use the planning system and understand the appropriate laws and procedures, 3) guidance on development proposals and site specific problems, 4) help with the presentation of planning proposals or a particular case, 5) contact with people and organisations who could help, and 6) explanatory literature about planning and how to exert greater influence over local development. Nature of support: In 1989 the Paul S. Cadbury Trust approved three annual grants to establish WMPAS through the RTPI at £1,250 for 1989 and £2,800 in 1990 and 1991. In 1991 the Trust approved three further grants of £12,000 per annum. In 1993 grants were approved at £16,350 for 1994/1994 and £18,760 got 1994/1995. Minutes: PSCT 819, PSCT 883, PSCT 887, PSCT 916, PSCT 923, PSCT 941, PSCT 1026, PSCT 1030. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File numbered 'EA/7/9(1)'. |