We provide independent, specialist engagement services to support the design of public spaces.

Placemaking is a multi-faceted approach to the planning, design and management of places, which capitalises on a local community’s assets, needs, inspiration and potential, with the intention of creating places that promote people’s health, happiness and well-being. This could be at a whole settlement or local project level.

We co-ordinate and facilitate this process, working with the community, local authorities, public, private and voluntary sector organisations and master planners/designers to create places that meet the needs and aspirations of the community and are deliverable.

We can work independently for the client or in partnership with one of our longstanding trusted master planning or architect partners.

Our offer includes:

• Design and delivery of whole place approaches to sustainable urban or rural development
• Research on the economic, social, environmental and policy landscape of a place
• Development and delivery of community and stakeholder engagement and consultation programmes
• Qualitative and quantitative social research
• Participatory research methods including knowledge co-production
• Digital research and engagement
• Focus groups and community mapping

Current and recent projects include:

• Bauman Lyons Architects – Masterplan for Kirkham

Case studies:

Barne Barton Neighbourhood Plan

Barking and Dagenham – Planning for huge shifts in demand for religious meeting places