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Local Dialogue: shaping our neighbourhoods

Across the country, Local Dialogue has delivered projects that have transformed local communities for almost 25 years. We specialise in...

Local Dialogue: 16 years' shaping the East London skyline

Across the country, Local Dialogue has spent almost 25 years working on sites that deliver positive change for local communities.

Get Britain Building: Has Labour got what it takes to reform planning in England?

Labour is starting to flesh out plans which it claims will overhaul English planning rules. Is it enough?

Keir Starmer's Big Bet on Planning

Starmer is drawing battle lines on planning reform and housing

Redrawn boundaries create a maze for the new housing minister

Rachel Maclean now faces an almost impossible challenge with boss Michael Gove – to reform the English planning system.

Communities promised ‘greater voice’ in planning proposals as gov't hints at major policy reversal.

The House of Lords’ Built Environment Committee (BEC) has published its findings in the inquiry into ‘Meeting the UK’s Housing Demand’....

Let’s not lose the benefits of remote planning meetings

The High Court ruled this week that virtual planning meetings must stop, to be replaced by face-to-face meetings, from 6 May. There is a...

Gateshead Quays Case Study

In 2020, Local Dialogue was asked by Ask:Patrizia to provide consultation advice and stakeholder engagement support for a flagship £300...