Applying this thinking to public engagement and consultation The BBC has published a thoughtful article extolling the virtues of England’s favourite leader right now. It attributes his success, at least in part, to his willingness to listen to a diversity of views. He is, apparently, very open to the views of ‘outsiders’ – those whose […]
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We’ve written a lot about the implementation of low-traffic neighbourhoods during the Covid-19 pandemic. In short at the beginning of the pandemic and the first lockdown, in order to give more space to people to exercise, the Government eased regulations for the alteration of traffic arrangements to close routes to traffic and make them pedestrian
Lambeth low traffic neighbourhoods in court – what lessons for consultors? Read More »
Rhion Jones pays tribute to David Jones as he retires after 13 years leading the Consultation Institute in Scotland On 1st March 2008 (happily, St David’s Day), David Jones left the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) and took early retirement. Little did he suspect that he would wait a further 13 years before he
We wake this morning to a Labour victory in the Batley and Spen by-election, and I’ve not yet had time to look at it more fully to determine what the consultation angle is (if there is one)- it’s certainly not as easy as Chesham and Amersham was the other week. But with that, we now
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Friday is the closing date for a rather important consultation on a proposed statutory duty for public spaces and venues to protect the public from the risks of terrorism following the Manchester Arena bombing. Few people challenge the underlying motives and, if enacted, it will become known as Martyn’s law after Martyn Murray who lost
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One of the biggest flaws with the European Union, that even the most die-hard fan of the organisation would probably admit, is that there is a significant disconnect between it and the citizens living under its purview. It was arguably one of the big reasons that five years ago this week, the British public voted
Is Europe’s biggest attempt to engage with citizens doomed to failure? Read More »
Another week, another scandal breaking too late for me to try and find a consultation angle. Ah well, can’t have everything. So, outside the lurid details, what else has been going on? Well for, I think, the first time, we have the same issue being represented across two legislatures… Westminster A relatively quiet consultation week
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What a week! We’ve seen an astonishing byelection result (which we’ve written about here), some potentially very serious leadership failures in the DUP in Northern Ireland, and today England faces Scotland in the Euros. Hmm… one of these things is not like the others… Westminster Everyone loves a little furry animal. The ones with the
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It seems remarkably rare for us to get a genuine surprise in politics these days but yesterday’s byelection to deliver a new parliamentary representative for the people of Amersham and Chesham has done wonders. The byelection was called after the death of the incumbent Tory MP, Cheryl Gillen, who had held the seat since 1992
The Chesham and Amersham byelection- NIMBY-ism is back and consultors should be alert Read More »
All local planning authorities in England are required by law to have a local plan to set local planning policies in their area. These documents are applied when deciding on planning applications. Much of the consultation related activity we see around local plans revolves around their assembly, and we have seen multiple disputes and challenges
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