The Planning Inspectorate- Wales

The Planning Inspectorate Annual Report and Accounts 2005/06

Section 4 - Our Mission, Values and Objectives

The Inspectorate’s mission, values and objectives set our corporate direction.They are cascaded to all staff and provide the overarching context for our work. Experience during 2005/06 caused us to review and refine our mission and corporate objectives to ensure that they are better aligned to the changing planning environment.

Our Mission is –

To use our impartial expertise in planning and land use to help shape well-planned environments and deliver sustainable development.

Our Values are that –

We will achieve our mission by ensuring that in dealing with planning and other casework we follow the principles of fairness, openness and impartiality and that our decisions and reports will take account of:

published national, regional and local policies;
relevant planning issues and material considerations; and
the views of all the parties.

Our Corporate Objectives are –

To maintain the Inspectorate’s reputation by managing all our work professionally and setting the highest quality standards for its achievement;
To make the most productive use of all our resources to deliver efficient and effective customer service on all our casework;
To use our expertise to support on-going Planning Reform influencing policy formulation through effective feedback;
To maintain and develop a well-trained, skilled, diverse and involved workforce responsive to changing business needs; and
To align business and financial planning to meet our objectives efficiently, effectively and with maximum value for money and minimum environmental impact.