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The Concept of Participatory Social Planning For Sustainable Community Development

Social Planning is a transformative approach that redefines how communities shape, co-own, and benefit from development. It is key that practitioners start to reflect on the planning approaches they implement and utilize local expertise to come up with practical and realistic plans that reflect the aspirations of local citizens. Social planning is a platform that allows for mutuality and reciprocity between the communities and professional and promote the view of people as active agents of change rather than passive beneficiaries.

In the Kenyan context, where informal settlements, exclusion, and governance gaps persist, social planning offers a framework for justice-oriented, inclusive, and adaptive development. Whether at the level of community-led initiatives, project interventions, or county spatial plans, its application is both urgent and possible.