 We all plan We do it every day. It's how we decide what to do and when We plan things for today, tomorrow, next year and beyond Good planning can help us improve the places we live in and Protect the things that are important to us We know what we like about where we live and what we don't Because the best expert on the place where you live is you In Wales the planning system is how we decide how places grow, change and are protected It's how we decide what gets built where And what the places we live in will be like Your council prepares plans for your local area Following recent changes to the law Councils can now work together to prepare plans for your region as well And the Welsh Government is preparing a new plan for the whole of Wales This is called the National Development Framework This plan will set out a vision for the Wales we want to create It will help us to decide how places should change Where things should go and what the future could be like We want you to be involved in the creation of the National Development Framework Because we want you to help us shape the future We want your views on how we will travel around, generate energy And how we will protect our unique natural and cultural assets Allowing them to thrive and shape the places we want to live in And pass on to the next generation We know our environment is changing And our society is changing too Wales' relationship with the UK, Europe and the world will shape all our futures The National Development Framework will consider all these issues And give us a plan for all our futures We want you to tell us what you think We all wonder what the future will be like We want you to help us shape it The National Development Framework