Community Plan Survey Builder

Planning engagement tool

Generate draft survey questions for community planning projects based on project type, topic, and audience.

How it works

This tool helps create a starting question set for community planning surveys. The user selects a project type, chooses one or more topics, identifies the primary audience, and generates draft questions that can be copied, regenerated, printed, or saved as a PDF. The tool runs in the browser, and nothing is sent to a server.

When to use it

  • Best used for: Early survey drafting, engagement scoping, internal project planning, and creating a first question set for community plans, area plans, housing plans, parks plans, transportation plans, climate or hazard plans, public space plans, and service planning.
  • Not used for: Final survey publication, legal or privacy review, statistically representative polling, Indigenous consultation, rights-holder engagement, or replacing professional engagement design.
  • Audience: Planners, local governments, planning consultants, engagement practitioners, community organizations, students, and project teams preparing public survey questions.

Notes and limits

  • Assumption: The user will review, edit, and tailor every generated question before publishing it.
  • Known constraint: Open public surveys show who chose to respond. Results should not be described as representative unless the survey method, sampling approach, and response profile support that conclusion.
  • Edge case: Projects that may affect Indigenous rights, title, interests, cultural heritage, lands, or governance require direct and appropriate engagement processes. A public survey is not a substitute for that work.

Disclaimer

This tool is for general information only. It may contain errors or omissions. Use at your own discretion. No liability is accepted for decisions made based on this tool.

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