Public Consultation and Community Involvement in Planning A twenty-first century guide

Public Consultation and CommunityInvolvement in Planningis the definitive introduction to public consultation for developers, students and planners. The past decade has seen a complete transformation in consultation and community relations in the UK, from increased requirements to consult, to the introduction of neighbourhood planning and a revolution in online communication. Public Consultation and CommunityInvolvement in Planningtakes readers through consultation from the basics right through to emerging trends to demonstrate how a successful consultation process can benefit both the developers and the local community. The book begins with a definition of consultation and communityinvolvement and an explanation of their role within the development process, before going on to clarify the legal, ethical, practical and ideological concerns to be addressed by the consultation process. Consultation strategy is explored step by step, and social media and online consultation is explored in detail. This is the first comprehensive guide to modern public consultation within the UK development sector and will be essential reading for developers, students and planners.

List of figures Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Introduction Part One: the context of consultation today Chapter 2 A Brief History of Community Engagement in Planning Chapter 3 The Political Climate for Community Engagement Today Chapter 4 Societal Change and Consultation Chapter 5 The Impact of the Internet on Consultation Part Two: the planning process Chapter 6 The Planning Process and the Role of Consultation Chapter 7 The Formulation of a Local Plan Chapter 8 Neighbourhood Planning Chapter 9 Localism and New Community Rights Chapter 10 The Process of a Planning Application Chapter 11 The role of local authorities in considering and determining planning applications Chapter 12 Appeals and Public Inquiries Chapter 13 Consulting on a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) Part Three: communications strategy and tactics Chapter 14 Strategy Development Chapter 15 Tactics to Inform and Engage Chapter 16 New Consultation Tactics Chapter 17 Analysis, Evaluation and Feedback Chapter 18 Reducing Risk in Consultation Part Four: post planning Chapter 19 Community Relations During Construction Chapter 20 Community Involvement Following Construction Chapter 21 Conclusion Appendix 1 Timeline of political events impacting on consultation Appendix 2 Examples of material and non material planning considerations Appendix 3 Community involvement strategy outline Appendix 4 Sample Content for Consultation Websites User Guides Glossary Further reading Index

Penny Norton is the founder and director of PR consultancy PNPR (www.pnprlimited.co.uk) and of ConsultOnline (www.consultonlinewebsites.com), a comprehensive online service designed specifically for use in consultations on planning applications. Penny has substantial experience in public relations and public affairs within property, construction and regeneration and has written extensively on the subjects of consultation and community relations. Martin Hughes is a former Labour councillor. He founded specialist community involvement consultancy Polity Communications in 2005 and since then has dealt with over 100 local authorities, gaining a wide breadth of experience in development and regeneration projects.