Infrastructure 2020: Incentivising Community Buy-in

3 May 2011

Portcullis House
 

Chairs:

Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP
Dan Rogerson MP

 

Speakers:

Alex Goude, Strategy and Business Development Manager, Costain
John Twitchen, Managing Director, Sauce Consultancy,
Richard Read, Head of Planning and Devlopment, Hampshire County Council
Thomas Bender, Senior Design Review Advisor, Design Council
Alison Hood, Communications Manager, Your Energy Ltd
Salome Meyer, Counsellor, Political and Legal Affairs, Embassy of Switzerland

Community objections to infrastructure development present a significant barrier to the successful delivery of new infrastructure, including waste management facilities. The potential for community-oriented incentive schemes, alongside more innovative and considerate design, implemented through early and throrough engagement with communities, are potential instruments to alleviate local objections. Building on the APSRG report Waste Management Infrastructure: Incentivising Community Buy-In, and against the backdrop of the Government's localism agenda, this series of seminars assesed how community buy-in has developed as a tool for new infrastructure development, what challenges still remain, and how they must be addressed. It addressed the role of community buy-in in other renewable sectors and other countries, as well as considering the role of design and early community engagement to delivering successful and sustainable infrastructure.

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For more information on this event or if you would like any further information about the issues discussed, please contact apsrg@policyconnect.org.uk