public engagement

The white paper promises better public engagement – but we must learn from existing practice

09.10.2020

Dr Tessa Lynn, Dr Mark Dobson and Prof Gavin Parker

Community Engagement | England | Planing for the Future | Planning reform | Policy & Politics | public engagement

Public engagement underpins effective planning, say Dr Tessa Lynn, Dr Mark Dobson and Prof Gavin Parker FRTPI. Planning for the Future offers few clues as to how this will happen in a reformed...
The people's advocate: An interview with Griff Rhys Jones

31.03.2020

Laura Edgar

Campaigning & Advocacy | civic voice | Community Engagement | England | Environmental | Griff Rhys Jones | Housing | participation | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | public engagement

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: Parliament Square suffragette statue plans rejected

23.08.2019

Matt Moody

Heritage | historic environment | London | public engagement | statue

Plans lodged by former MP Sir Neil Thorne to install a second statue of Emmeline Pankhurst in Westminster have been blocked, after an inspector noted that monument space in the area is a 'finite resource'....
What listening to the radio can tell us about supporters of housebuilding

14.12.2017

Anna Sabine

Community Engagement | consultation | Demographics & Population Growth | England | housebuilding | Housing | Policy & Politics | public engagement

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...
The sound of silence

02.11.2017

Kim Cooper

Community Engagement | consultation | demographics | Demographics & Population Growth | diversity | public engagement | UK

Inclusivity is an essential to successful planning, says Kim Cooper. But there’s a problem – planners don’t have a great track record in reaching the ‘silent majority’.
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