Penglibatan Awam sebagai Pembuat Keputusan dalam Rancangan Tempatan Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan.

This study explains how low and ineffective public participation in relation to local planning (RT) preparation influences decisions related to local development at the local authority level. This study was conducted to examine the level of public participation in decision-making in local planning; Kuala Langat District Council (MDKL) was selected as the study's target location. The approaches adopted for this study were a quantitative approach and a survey. The survey was established based on the four main themes of public participation: attendance in the early objection process, activeness in providing input/ feedback, involvement in RT establishment, and involvement in approving the plans for RT. These four themes contained eight items that represent the eight ladders in Arnstein's public participation. The data analysis used interval scores, Arnstein typology scores, and descriptive statistics using SPSS software. Percentage analysis was used to determine the percentage total of each score for each theme. A total of 384 respondents were selected to represent the population in MDKL, Selangor. The overall result reveals that the level of public participation in MDKL is at the consultation level with a score of 1691. The discussion reveals that public participation in Kuala Langat District has not reached its optimal level and decisions in local planning are still based on a top-down approach where the government finalises decisions, whereas locals follow the decisions being made. This also means that two-way communication between government and locals is still at a low and ineffective level. Consequently, appropriate actions must be taken so that the preparation process of future local planning and development includes public participation; this should be taken into consideration before plans are enforced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]