The process for planning our places should be accessible, engaging and empowering

This project seeks to transform the UK planning system to make this a reality.

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Why Are We Doing This?

A run down town

Planning is intended to help us design and organise spaces where we can thrive, but it has consistently been falling short...

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What Are We Doing?

A group of children's hands are doing an activity with a map

We’re using open mapping processes to enable communities to show what’s important to them, and to have a voice in how their spaces are designed and developed.

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Where Are We Doing It?

An illustration of a run-down town near the sea.

For many reasons, we’ve chosen Ynys Môn / The Isle of Anglesey as the place to develop this project.

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Latest Blog

Children on the Surface: Imagining the world of the Coblynau deep in the mines of Mynydd Parys

Mapping the Imagination

In ‘Mapping the Imagination’, Gillian Brownson talks about the Young Bards she has met on Ynys Môn, and how their imagination offers an insight into their wellbeing, their needs and their future.

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Gillian Brownson
06/02/2025
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Working towards a future that prioritises the wellbeing of people and planet.
Public Map Platform is being led by Cambridge, Cardiff and Wrexham Universities and is part of the Future Observatory - the Design Museum’s national research programme for the green transition. The project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.