Thought Leadership

Local elections kick off today22/03/2021
Remote planning committee meetings19/03/2021
Thorncliffe call for ORCL to set a template public affairs code05/03/2021
Our Christmas charity07/12/2020
Allison takes over in Merton06/10/2020
Planning for a fight06/08/2020
Thorncliffe announce full independent approval for its code16/06/2020
Councillors can be lobbied, says Mr Justice Dove13/06/2020
Some thoughts from councillors on virtual committees.30/04/2020
New Shadow for MHCLG06/04/2020
Where next for town centres?12/03/2020
Planning for the Future12/03/2020
Manifestos de-briefed27/11/2019
Reporting on the new London Plan22/10/2019
Beautiful buildings01/10/2019
Transparency on developer contributions is welcome12/09/2019
Boris at No 1026/07/2019
Boris and the property industry12/07/2019
Boundary changes are significant and relevant, including for the property industry25/04/2019
The year of local elections is upon us, and only a brave soul would predict the overall outcome18/04/2019
Two months of elections!11/04/2019
Little details of design07/03/2019
Smile! This is your moment.28/02/2019
TIGgers – the new Workers Party?21/02/2019
Shortlisted for awards14/02/2019
Will Jack be good for Lambeth development?01/02/2019
2019: don’t expect housing to be at the top of the agenda, no matter what they say11/01/2019
Budget welcomed – pigs might be able to fly02/11/2018
A New Realism on the Green Belt? Yeah, maybe.25/10/2018
Westminster Council goes transparent18/10/2018
How to solve the housing crisis, in one easy lesson04/10/2018
The Labour Planning Paradox01/10/2018
Labour to launch Planning Commission policy.24/09/2018
Housing – the most important domestic priority?21/09/2018
New merged councils coming in April next year10/09/2018
Where next for housing in politically changing London boroughs?16/08/2018
Conservative Mayoral hopefuls19/07/2018
Work experience at Thorncliffe19/07/2018
Another new housing minister09/07/2018
More cash, more homes and better leadership – the wish list of Labour councillors.06/07/2018
The real elections17/05/2018
Thorncliffe’s London Election 6pm Special04/05/2018
London elections 8am special04/05/2018
Is the future unitary for English Councils?30/04/2018
Encouraging the industry to ban retired councillors from lobbying their former council for six months30/04/2018
London elections part 326/04/2018
London elections part 219/04/2018
Election briefing reports13/04/2018
Spring Quiz answers09/04/2018
GDPR and Stakeholder Consultation06/04/2018
Thorncliffe Spring Quiz28/03/2018
Trigger Ballots and internal party battles23/03/2018
Are you a Labour activist?15/03/2018
Housing – the new number one domestic policy02/03/2018
Battlelines in Newham22/02/2018
Love, for the results we get, and the care we take14/02/2018
Shortlisted for Community Engagement Campaign of the Year09/02/2018
Time to bite the ballot03/02/2018
What’s at stake for a ‘full Momentum’ in London?01/02/2018
An elephant decision – will it be repeated across London?18/01/2018
Housing is the number 1 priority. Here are our five thoughts.12/01/2018
We’re hiring07/01/2018
Will the Tories lose London?04/01/2018
Planning Campaign of the Year finalist in Public Affairs awards22/12/2017
Core Value awards22/12/2017
Congratulations on an inspiring building14/12/2017
Planning fees to rise by 20%, as government starts review into ‘landbanking’14/12/2017
That UK / EU agreement in full08/12/2017
Ooooooooooops06/12/2017
The London Plan – what do council leaders think about it?01/12/2017
Happy Christmas from all at Thorncliffe and Your Shout01/12/2017
Black Friday offer – for one day only24/11/2017
Will the government ‘build the homes the country needs’?17/11/2017
Overturning refusal recommendation in Barnet gains nomination for Planning Campaign of the Year08/11/2017
Pressures on councillors to not budge an inch on viability01/11/2017
New vacancies at Thorncliffe01/08/2017
On the move….19/06/2017
Alok Sharma is new Housing and Planning Minister and Greg Hands is new Minister for London13/06/2017
Who will be our new leaders?07/06/2017
Manifestos for housing growth?18/05/2017
Local Councils website up to date07/05/2017
A very political week05/05/2017
Approved01/05/2017
As the General Election begins…22/04/2017
PR Moment awards08/03/2017
Housing White Paper07/02/2017
Shortlisted for Planning Campaign of the Year22/11/2016
Happy LandAid Day01/11/2016
Bring home the Dons30/09/2016
Lobbying Act – a review13/09/2016
Developers welcome Sir Edward Lister20/05/2016
Thorncliffe ensures compliance with ORCL02/02/2016

Excellent as always

Thank you Richard, much appreciated. You and the whole team have been excellent as always.

What a pleasure

I just wanted to say what a pleasure the whole project was. The children have got so much out of this experience and as you could probably tell by their enthusiasm they are very proud of their work!!!

Grateful

A very short, but grateful email, to say thanks to you all for delivering our consent tonight.

An exemplar consultation

Thank you for your help for hosting the consultation meetings. One councillor praised the consultation as an exemplar particularly in working with the town council.

Top work

Thank you to the team! They did top work on this.

Smooth operation

Many thanks for last night: a very smooth operation!

Message was very welcome

Was a great result – especially to receive unanimous approval! Many thanks also for you and your team’s work in the run up to the committee. Getting those messages across really helped and was evident by the feedback given by members on both sides of the political spectrum … notably on the successfully engagement with residents and how the scheme responded accordingly. Message was very welcome!

On point

Harry was on point and has been the whole way through. We are all very chuffed. We are already preparing for another rather testing application on another site and you can be certain that we will engage you

Appreciated

Thanks Richard, your help has been much appreciated. Will let you know when the next job comes up!

Big guns!

Thanks for your and the team’s help. It was good to know we had the proverbial big guns in our armoury!

You kept calm

Many thanks for that: your team did very well, and kept a lot calmer than me! Matt was a sensible wise head, as was Alex, but he also made me think succinctly for the questions and how to answer, which is a great skill to try and acquire. Especially for someone as verbose as me!

A unanimous approval

Councillors praised both officers and the developer on their work and engagement.

A unanimous approval 5-0

With your help

Really pleased to hear the news this evening

With your help, we got it through !!!!

Best Regards!

Truly excellent example

Great news that we approved 60 houses on green belt last night.

It was tremendous that the Chair said that this was a “truly excellent example of good consultation…”

Gave me more confidence

Thank you – we were both somewhat surprised given the level of objections but in fact the committee hardly discussed the scheme at all before consenting it.

Thanks to your team for preparing me well for the committee which certainly gave me more confidence.

A big relief

Thank you. A big relief. As I am sure you can appreciate, we are delighted!

Your team did a great job, especially Matt who was integral.

I look forward to catching up soon.

Unanimous

196 flats approved unanimously, thanks to all involved.

Professional and effective

I wanted to thank you and all at Thorncliffe for managing the consultation process so professionally and effectively. This, without doubt, played a crucial role in gaining the approval.

Once again, all our thanks.

Was a good result

Cant remember the last time I got anything through unanimously!

Was a good result, it’s the right scheme for the site and of course we had a great team including yourselves working on it,

First class troops

Richard. Your troops did a first class job as always. Many thanks

Praise for communityUK

Well done for the way you presented tonight’s online consultation. I thought it was an excellent format.

Great result last night

I just wanted to say thank you again for all your help with the great result last night.

You have been tremendous and it is much appreciated.