The UK planning system places considerable weight on the opinions of local communities. Gaining their support can make the difference between an application succeeding or failing.
Stages of community engagement can include:
Listening to the local community can increase the acceptability of your project and the likelihood of gaining consent. Our planning consultants can assist you with:
We have extensive experience delivering stakeholder and community engagement events. We have carried out events for a wide variety of policy projects and developments.
We aim to achieve real community ‘buy-in’ to projects wherever we can. We look to engage hard-to-reach groups and try to minimise barriers to engagement.
Contact Kenny Dhillon if you would like advice.