ABSTRACT
This book provides a companion to each stage of community involvement, from the formulation of a local plan or neighbourhood plan through to community-building post-construction. Providing an overview of the recent changes affecting community involvement, a discursive look at the process of planning, and practical advice and best practice, it aims to inform, provoke and advise, and in doing so, fully prepare its readers to oversee community interaction effectively. The local community, too, can benefit: community involvement can promote social cohesion, strengthen individual groups within it and create a shared legacy. The proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport has attracted significant community opposition over many years. The book uses the terms community engagement and community involvement in relation to the wide-ranging communication which may take place between either a local authority and its residents, or a developer and the neighbours or future users of a potential development.
