The land use process isn’t rigged against citizens — but it isn’t designed for them, either. It’s designed for the the land use professionals. It is not designed for the homeowner who just saw a Public Notice sign go up two blocks from their house.
The Planning Desk is for that homeowner.
We are not anti-development. We are not pro-developer. We are interested in what gets built, who decides, and how an ordinary citizen with a job and a family can have a meaningful say. The honest answer is that you can. But only if you know how the system works.
We write for homeowners, neighborhood associations, HOAs, condo boards, and businesses. People who want to understand how land use decisions about their community actually get made, and how to participate.
Many of our resources have a Florida focus, but the processes and resources are mostly the same in every community in the US.
A free newsletter, gives you a regular taste of how we cover land use — summary of issues with practical tools and a good vehicle to decide if the full subscription would be useful.
A subscription newsletter, published monthly, explains land use issues and current topics the way a city planner would explain it to a friend over a coffee.
A resource library for readers who want to go deeper — including Not Just NIMBY, our complete handbook for citizens. Not Just Nimby explains int all. It also includes sample comment letters; hearing testimony scripts; public records request templates; and a growing collection of guides on the documents and processes that shape your community.
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