September 2019. The One Planet Council publishes a new handout which can be downloaded here and printed for distribution. Designed for both the general public and for local authorities and policy makers within the Welsh Government, it promotes the key benefits of OPD and details how the planning policy can reach and benefit more people.

One Planet Development features on BBC Radio Wales ‘Eye on Wales’: Listen to radio programme here

OPD Newsletter: issue 1, Winter 2018 The first edition of a new series of newsletters to be published bi-annually, focused on events and developments within the One Planet Development (OPD) community in Cymru/Wales.  

Cyfarfod Cymraeg gyda Jacqui Banks, os dych chi’n mwyn siarad am Datblygi Un Blaned. 10/06/2019, 6 PM – 7 PM, 2019. Stiwdio 3 Cafe, 3 High Street, SA43 1HJ Cardigan, Ceredigion.

Following a successful launch this year, new dates have been confirmed for the annual OPD Open Week starting Monday 22nd July 2019. Watch this space for further announcements and/or take a look at the 2018 event.

September 2018. Twiscob Top in Cascob, Presteigne has become the first OPD to be approved in Powys. Congratulations to the Hooper family and Powys Local Planning Authority.

5th August, 2018 Lesley Griffiths, Welsh Government AM and Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, has praised an article on One Planet Development by the World Economic Forum. View full article here Good to see the Minister outwardly acknowledging this forward thinking planning policy adopted by the Welsh Government in 2011.        …

Article and short film produced by online magazine Zilient.org:   https://www.zilient.org/article/want-save-planet-move-wales Credit: Thomas Reuters Foundation.

The new planning application service for Wales launches on 29 May 2018 on behalf of the Welsh Government. From this date, OPD applications should be submitted via the dedicated service; Planning Applications Wales.  More information.   

Response to the ‘Rethinking Food in Wales’ Consultation for the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee (September 2017).