On Thursday the House of Commons’ Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee issued a first report on The future of the Planning System in England. This follows the 2020 Planning White Paper, Planning for the Future which proposed some radical changes to the planning system. In March this year, while researching my ebook People in […]
This time last year consultation events were taking place across the country, and there was not a face mask or a hand sanitiser in sight. That scene is hard to recall today. Most public consultation events are stalled, and in the rare case that they are intended, organisers are having to plan for a ‘Covid-safe’
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The Institute’s first webinar on environmental matters, which was delivered by the Environment Working Group outlined our belief that the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic has huge potential as a ‘green’ recovery. In the last three months, the nation has been shocked by the pace at which disaster can occur and consequently concerns about climate
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Climate change is such a broad subject, it’s not surprising that it has many conflicting messages attached to it. This invariably creates complexities for those of us running climate change engagement programmes. Consider the following: Sentiment versus fact: In communications on environmental issues, there is no absence of either, but whereas some people are motivated
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Writing a chapter on Achieving Excellence in Public Participation and Consultation for the recently published book Regulation of Extractive Industries: Community Engagement in the Arctic gave me the opportunity to reflect on the specific circumstances of a single consultation crossing not only international boundaries but also diverse cultures. The Arctic provides a perfect case study
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Perhaps one of the greatest challenges of consulting internationally is that of running a broad consultation which spans more than one country or region but is simultaneously accessible on a local level. Can a consultation really be ‘glocal’? It can: a consultation can be consistent in its purpose and messages while remaining relevant to its
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I was delighted to speak at the Town and Country Planning Association’s seminar on Getting Public Participation Right recently. My presentation, which covered the principles, processes, methods and legal practices that constitute good practice, drew considerably on the knowledge I’ve accumulated as an Associate of The Consultation Institute, particularly through tCI’s excellent training.  All of
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The law surrounding statutory consultation is extensive, and case law is increasingly helping to raise standards in consultation – as was highlighted this week in the case of Claire Stephenson v Secretary of State for Housing and Communities and Local Government which has been explained in detail by the Institute. And yet when developers consult
Professionalising Consultation in Planning Read More »
14 January was the deadline for responses to the Government’s consultation on its policy paper Planning reform: supporting the high street and increasing the delivery of new homes, which proposes to increase the Permitted Development Rights allowing change of use, and in doing so removes public consultation from decisions affecting the regeneration of town centres.
At the end of November, the TCPA published Planning 2020:Â the final report of the Raynsford Review of Planning in England. This in an incredibly comprehensive and significant assessment of the English planning system by former housing minister Nick Raynsford, and the product of thousands of responses, of which tCI was one (view our response
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