Introduction
Sets out the legal basis (Act 172) and framework for the Petaling Jaya Local Plan (Replacement).
Study Profile
Introduces the RTPJ area and its projected population, to 2035.
Findings & Proposals
84 strategic proposals across 6 dimensions, the evidence base behind the development strategy.
Development Strategy
Goals and priority focus areas — this is what you vote, comment, and report back on in SUARA.
Proposed Land Use Map
Zoning map for the PJU, SS, Sek and PJS planning zones.
Concluding remarks
Sets out next steps toward the statutory Draft Local Plan and public hearing.
**For more details, download the Draft Proposals for the Petaling Jaya Local Plan (Replacement) report from the "Public Information Hub" under "Get Involved" navigation tabs.
Multilingual Delivery.
Use the language switcher in the header to change the platform interface, and labels live. Explore the platform in your preferred language.
**For the purpose of this study, translation into Mandarin and Tamil applies only to the Overview page.
SUARA Principles.
Get Involved
Accessibility & Awareness
Awareness of participation opportunities, a timeline of the Local Plan implementation, and access to other relevant information.
Have Your Say
Early Participation
Visioning, voting on idea collection, and open suggestions — before plans are drawn.
Track Progress
Transparency & Accountability
Every submission tracked, every decision logged, every outcome reported back.
Insights for All
Planning Intelligence
Participation in numbers, built for all.
Early Participation
Residents propose initiatives, agencies publish projects, and the public decides which ones matter most.
Idea Collection.
The Government Project items listed here are examples of strategic proposals by dimension drawn directly from the report. The full set consists of 84 strategies; only 13 are shown here to gather your votes and comments. You can suggest your own ideas/initiatives via the Open Suggestion Portal, or vote on other residents' ideas.
** Full set of Strategic Proposals by Dimension is available in the PDF report, pp. 164–169.
Open Suggestion Portal.
Early Visioning.
Rank the 8 Focus Areas from the Preliminary Proposal by priority.
Drag to reorder based on how strongly you feel each should be reflected in the Petaling Jaya Local Plan (Replacement).
** Full explanation of each Focus Area is available in the PDF report, pp. 155–163.
Accessibility & Awareness
Participation only matters when people can access, understand, and respond to what is happening in their area.
Know Your Rights.
Legal Provisions on the Preparation of a Local Plan (Early Publicity).
“Before commencing the preparation of a local plan, the local planning authority shall take such steps as will in its opinion secure – (a) that publicity is given in its area to the draft local plan that will be prepared, its objectives and the purpose for its preparation, and matters that the local planning authority proposes to include in the plan; (b) that persons who may be expected to desire an opportunity of making representations to the local planning authority in respect of those matters are made aware that they are entitled to, and are given, an opportunity of doing so.
”— Section 12A, Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (Act 172)
Flowchart for Preparing the Petaling Jaya Local Plan (Replacement).
Mobilisation
Preparation of the Draft Local Plan
Inspection, local inquiry and hearing
Gazettement and revocation of the preceding local plan
** Full details of each step are available in the PDF report, p. 6.
Know Your Area/Zone.
Before you engage, comment, or make a proposal, take a moment to understand your area first. Explore what is planned, what is changing, and what matters to your community.
Proposed Land Use Zone Plan
Zone 1: Petaling Jaya Utara (PJU)
Zone 2: Sungai Way / Subang (SS)
Zone 3: Seksyen (Sek)
Zone 4: Petaling Jaya Selatan (PJS)
**All maps are sourced from the PDF report, pp. 174–178.
Public Information Hub.
**All links are publicly available.
Transparency & Accountability
Every voice gets a receipt — and a way to see what happened next.
Tiered Access and Authentication.
1. Anonymous
Browse proposals, the land use map and the Public Information Hub — no account needed.
** For the purpose of this study, only people given the link during the focus group discussion or interview session will be able to browse.
2. Account-login Verified
Create an account to unlock voting, comments and the Open Suggestion Portal features.
** For the purpose of this study, only dummy Gmail accounts will be created. Participants will be assigned a unique ID before login, which they will use to create the dummy account — approved by the admin (Researcher).
3. MyKad Verified (Identity Card)
The last four digits of your MyKad and your address/postcode are required to verify your zoning area (PJU/SS/Sek/PJS).
** For the purpose of this study, this verification will not be applied at all — it is included only to gauge participants' responses to the requirement to provide identity documentation for participation.
Select an idea from Have Your Say to view its public vote and comments here.
Planning Intelligence
See participation grow in numbers as people submit, vote, and comment.
Participation analytics
By dimension
By language of submission
AI-assisted analysis
This week's synthesis
Three themes dominate this week's intake: flood-risk mitigation along Sungai Kayu Ara and Sungai Penchala (B4-13, B5-8), demand for safer first/last-mile links to LRT stations in the TOD/TAD zones (B5-21, B1-2), and continued debate over density trade-offs under the compact-development strategy. Sentiment on the mixed-use zoning proposal (B1-4) has shifted more positive since the revised building-height guidance was published.
AI-generated summary — flagged submissions are reviewed by a planner before any decision reference is created.