Guidance

How to use social media to engage your local community

This toolkit for neighbourhood planners contains guidelines on using social media to encourage participation.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Published: 8 May 2026

Applies to England

Documents

How to use social media to engage your local community

PDF, 1.44 MB, 13 pages

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Details

This guidance sets out rules for using social media to encourage engagement with a neighbourhood plan. It also contains information specific to social media platforms.

We are currently updating our guidance and toolkits. This toolkit is provided for reference but has not yet been updated to reflect recent changes to planning policy. It remains useful as background information, but regularly check the neighbourhood planning page for updates to neighbourhood planning policy and guidance.

Published 8 May 2026