Community Engagement

Covid-19: Face-to-face consultation to be replaced with online alternative in Scotland

06.04.2020

Laura Edgar

The Scottish Government is set to suspend the requirement to consult face to face on major and national developments during the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown.

Appeals round-up: Juice bar is a retail use despite Google ‘dwell data’; Extended ‘cherry season’ would not disrupt locals

03.04.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 28 March-3 April, 2020

Appeal: Jenrick ignores local campaign by allowing 150-home scheme

03.04.2020

Matt Moody

The housing secretary has granted the developer Gladman permission to build 150 homes on greenfield land at Long Melford, Suffolk, despite unanimous opposition from the council and a local protest group....

England round-up: Waltham Forest approves 750 homes at virtual meeting; Manchester chief exec to decide planning applications

03.04.2020

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 28 March-3 April, 2020

Ireland round-up: Covid-19 triggers more time for public participation; Capital’s hotel development set to dip

03.04.2020

Roger Milne

Community Engagement | Dublin | hotel | Ireland

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 28 March-3 April, 2020

PACC events cancelled as NI’s chief planner moots extended planning permissions

03.04.2020

Roger Milne

The Department for Infrastructure has announced its intention to remove the requirement for pre-application community consultation (PACC) events for the duration of the Covid-19 emergency.

Covid-19 triggers more time for public participation in Ireland

03.04.2020

Roger Milne

Community Engagement | Eoghan Murphy | Ireland | Policy & Politics

The Irish Government has approved immediate changes to the planning system necessitated by the Covid-19 emergency, which will have the effect of allowing more time for public participation in planning applications.

The people's advocate: An interview with Griff Rhys Jones

31.03.2020

Laura Edgar

Griff Rhys Jones may have made his name as a comedian, actor and broadcaster, but the president of civic voice has a long-standing passion for public engagement with the built environment, as he tells Laura...

Appeal: No security gates for Birmingham’s wealthiest private estate

27.03.2020

Matt Moody

Controversial plans for security gates at the entrance to a private Sutton Coldfield estate known as ‘Millionaire’s Row’ that divided its residents have been rejected for harming social cohesion.

Cycling pressure group launches plan to ‘decarbonise London’

25.03.2020

Deborah Shrewsbury

The London Cycling Campaign has published its Climate Safe Streets report – a roadmap towards decarbonising the capital’s roads within the next 10 years.

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