Can the White Paper survive the Tory parliamentary party?
It’s clear that the recently published White Paper is a piece of radical thinking from Number 10, with the potential to shake up planning
We need to listen first if we’re to ‘level up’
There can be no faulting the Prime Minister’s ambition to “unite the country and level up” after coronavirus. And neither can anyone question the
Building trust in communities
This Tuesday, I was lucky enough to be asked to take part in a round table with the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) chaired by Rt Hon Nick Raynsford.
Summer economic update: no such thing as a free lunch?
Having listened to the Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s ‘Summer Economic Update’, I am reminded of the saying: ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’.
The Sustainable Development Goals: the original ‘Build Back Better’?
Build, build, build. The government is moving fast and breaking things again. The planning system is to be reformed. The red tape bonfire has
Big government is not the solution for our high streets
Big government has never been more fashionable. With unprecedented state interventions, massive government spending sprees and bailouts dominating the news bulletins, Whitehall’s levers of power have gone into overdrive.
What will drive the recovery of our High Streets?
There won’t be an easy path to recovery for the UK’s High Streets following this tumultuous period. What is clear is that the post-Covid-19 period will result in ‘new beginnings’.
Changing planning or planning for change?
According to the Sunday Times (£), radical, status-quo-hating Dominic Cummings is focusing some of his energies into reforming the planning system, rightfully keen for
How communications can keep construction delays to a minimum
Explaining to communities how construction is continuing safely – in a way that is “Covid-19 Secure” – has become an extra challenge for site teams.
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
Listening in…
Brilliant communications can put organisations at the heart of conversations that matter to them. But as well as talking within these conversations, we need to listen – to what’s being said about our organisations, issues and topics that are important to us.