The phrase "affect the planning of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how certain factors or events influence or change the planning process of a project or activity.
Example: "The recent budget cuts will significantly affect the planning of the upcoming conference."
Alternatives: "influence the planning of" or "impact the planning of".
It may be too late to affect the planning of the site, but it is not too late to prevent the memorial from becoming yet another exercise in bland urban design, if all those involved with its commissioning are willing to recognize that a better solution must be found.
For example, student population of residential areas would affect the planning of schools and in turn affect the planning of transportation.
Traffic flows can affect the planning of charging stations and the construction of the power system.
Intra-temporal interactions affect the planning of single portfolios, whereas inter-temporal interactions influence decision-making based on potential follow-up projects (Gear and Cowie 1980).
However, the power output by DGs can partially supply loads, and therefore the power capacity contributed by DGs to the distribution network cannot be ignored and will affect the planning of substation capacity.
Estimating the correlation measures among ECs is a crucial step in the product planning house of quality (PPHOQ) construction process because these measures seriously affect the planning of development efforts.
Deng's international future will also hugely affect the plans of the NBA to expand the sport here.
The storm, of course, will also affect the plans of the campaigns and the tenor of news coverage about them.
What Groupon ultimately decides to do could affect the plans of other technology darlings, like Zynga, the online gaming giant; LivingSocial, a big competitor to Groupon; and the biggest of them all, Facebook.
The prospective deal may affect the plans of Telefónica, which agreed on July 23 to buy E-Plus, a German mobile phone operator, from KPN in a cash-and-stock deal worth 8.1 billion euros.
It was also feared that the stoppage of construction activities would adversely affect the plans of hosting certain events of the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games to be held in the city.
