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Case study: Scotch Corner Designer Village

The scheme Scotch Corner Designer Village is a proposed 250,000 sq. ft. designer outlet village, to be situated on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire.  Following an extensive consultation, both online and offline, the scheme gained planning consent in January 2015.   Planning history The site already has planning permission for 135,000 sq. ft. of warehousing ...
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Scotch Corner Designer Village case study

Scotch Corner Designer Village is a designer outlet village, now under construction at Junction 53 on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire. An extensive online consultation was run by ConsultOnline. Online consultation was deemed a necessary part of the consultation because of its ability to reach a wide geographic and demographic profile quickly and efficiently, to ...
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Introducing ConsultOnline

PNPR is delighted to launch ConsultOnline:  21st Century Public Consultation. ConsultOnline is a unique online consultation service which enables developers to consult very effectively and cost efficiently with a specific local community as is required for a planning application. ConsultOnline uses a comprehensive website, email and social media and the process has the benefits of ...
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Corporate Social Responsibility – the Wake-Up Call

Increasingly companies across all industries – not least the construction and property industry – are being given a rude awakening to the importance of understanding and implementing corporate social responsibility. On the plus side, however, CSR is not a management tool necessarily requiring new staff structures and substantial resources: many of us are already practicing ...
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NIMBYs with nous

The old fashioned NIMBY has now grown into a media-savvy, computer literate expert, able to fight anything and everything that he or she feels is going to affect their back yard. Through the introduction of localism and local authorities’ increased use of online media, the requirement for developers to consult with local people is greater ...
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New approaches to consultation

Online communication is transforming public consultation, presenting new opportunities to developers and making the process both more effective and more efficient. Localism necessitates increased communication with local residents and clients are presented with a multitude of new means by which to consult. Those developers who have been hibernating during the economic downturn are waking up ...