Engaging the silent majority

When you need to inform, involve and consult an audience to help develop your plans or ideas, it is vital to adopt the best mechanisms to engage with the right people and get the feedback you need. Our division, Consense, manages public and stakeholder consultation and does just this, employing a range of methods to facilitate genuine engagement that offers a real opportunity for people to have their say and for their clients to get valuable feedback.

Currently working across the renewable energy, property, construction, leisure and planning sectors, Consense runs effective consultation for some of the country's best-known brands and biggest names in sustainable development.

Consense also offers full-service consultation management, from local research and consultation strategy, to political liaison, media and public relations, enquiry management and reporting. Consense specialises in online consultation to broaden the reach of planning and make the process accessible to all and fully auditable. Their award winning online tool, Open Debate, has been adopted for over 120 consultation projects across the UK, the US, Australia, South Africa and Canada.

To find out more about Consense, please visit the Consense website.