consultation

Legal landscape: Local authorities should consult with communities as early as possible

07.05.2019

Community Engagement | consultation | England | Planning Law | Statement of community involvement

Local authorities promising to exceed the statutory minimum of consultation can find themselves penalised if they fail to meet their promise. So should they just do the bare minimum? Constanze Bell says...

We’re one, but we’re not the same

18.04.2019

Ken Hopkins

Developers in England can learn a lot from the Scottish approach to consultation, argues Ken Hopkins. On the other hand, the English appeals system produces fairer outcomes…

Province’s tallest building proposed for Belfast

18.04.2019

Roger Milne

Belfast | consultation | Housing | Northern Ireland | tall buildings

A public consultation exercise has just finished for what would be Northern Ireland’s tallest building, a 30-storey apartment block proposed for the Sailortown area of Belfast.

Tech landscape: Participatr - Ready to engage

20.02.2019

Simon Wicks

Participatr is one of a number of online platforms shaking up planning consultation. and it’s built and...

Webinar: Establishing Effective Engagement – Consultation in 2018

27.08.2018

The Planner

The Planner – in association with the developers of the community engagement platform Commonplace – are set to debate the best ways in which planners can manage truly effective consultation processes in a free webinar...

Draft local plan strategy for Belfast published

24.08.2018

Roger Milne

Belfast | Belfast City Council | consultation | Northern Ireland | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood

Belfast City Council has unveiled the draft strategy for its local development plan, consultation on which will get underway next month.

News analysis: Beating down social barriers

19.03.2018

Laura Edgar

Last year, the RTPI published the results of its 2017 Member Survey, which featured in the December issue of The Planner. It suggested that the demographic profile of the 4,225...

Tech landscape: How Blockbuilders is making planning accessible to the young

14.03.2018

Matt Moody

Brighton start-up Blockbuilders is working to make planning consultations more accessible – using the open-world computer game Minecraft

Why planning needs to improve its user experience

08.03.2018

Vicky Payne

Community Engagement | consultation | engagement | UK

Planning needs to be a lot more imaginative in its efforts to engage with communities, argues Vicky...

What listening to the radio can tell us about supporters of housebuilding

14.12.2017

Anna Sabine-Newlyn

Research tells us that supporters of new homes are more likely to listen to Radio 1 than Radio 2. This small insight can provide a platform for much better community engagement, insists Anna Sabine-Newlyn...

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