A major commercial development at 30 Crown Place in South Shoreditch, Hackney won planning consent 16 weeks after plans were submitted.
In August 2005 Renaisi undertook a pre-planning application consultation and stakeholder engagement programme for London based property developers, HDG Ltd, for the 19 storey commercial development at 30 Crown Place, London EC2.
HDG were keen to embrace planning best practice by starting the consultation process very early so as to identify the views of stakeholders before the planning application had been submitted.
Renaisi’s consultation and stakeholder activity included, setting up and management of an on-site exhibition, management of open days with display boards and models, advertisements in local press and targeted mail outs, workshop sessions with key stakeholders for more in-depth discussions and the development of a project specific website with feedback mechanism
More than 500 people attended the two open days on site. Edmond Harbour, a director of HDG Ltd, noted, “New government policy and guidance places a great deal of responsibility on applicants to undertake community consultation. Integrating these steps into a tight development programme is extremely challenging and Renaisi played a pivotal role in delivering against this timetable. They also provided vital input on engaging the local community in the consultation and in ensuring that the process was run professionally. As a result of the consultation activity undertaken, we are confident that key stakeholders better understand our development proposals.” For further information, please contact Russell Peacock on r.peacock@renaisi.com
