2022 – Social’s year in public consultation
Engagement with local communities and stakeholders has never been more important than it is today. We are always exploring ways to evolve our approach
Crunch time for education estates
Education institutions are gearing-up for one of the busiest times of the year. Soon exams will have finished, swiftly followed by the end of
Why engagement needs to change
A well-used phrase of mine – which bewilders my kids – is: if a tree falls in a forest and no-one’s around to hear
Online consultation shouldn’t leave anyone behind
As the planning process moves online, John Quinton Barber says fears that community engagement has disappeared and the public are being excluded need to be addressed
Zoom into planning
The Government has previously sought to restart the housing market by announcing a raft of further changes to support planning decision making. We are
Planning for social distancing
They say a week is a long time in politics and its quite staggering to think that last Wednesday we were digesting news of the Budget, thinking that £30bn seems like an awful lot of money to fight coronavirus.