AI was a hot topic at UKREiiF last month, but how is it really impacting planning and development?

Artificial Intelligence is obviously the hot topic in every sector at the moment: how you use it, how you should use it, how is everyone else using it, the best platform, whether it’ll do us all out of a job – the list goes on.

Liam explains how identifying and managing project risks early in the consultation process, and genuinely listening to local concerns, helps reduce objection in the long term.

The licensing and planning system is technical by design. For most people living near a proposed scheme, there is little time or inclination to unpick what an application does, what it does not do, or where the real impacts might fall. That gap is where doubt takes hold. Developers can quickly be seen as distant, process-led and profit-driven, rather than connected to the day-to-day reality of a neighbourhood.

86% say YES in Residents’ Ballot to redevelop Curry Rise and Bray Road

In October 2025, proposals submitted by Notting Hill Genesis – one of our longest-standing clients – to redevelop Curry Rise and Bray Road were unanimously approved by members of the London Borough of Barnet’s Planning Committee. 

Comm Comm’s Chris Sharp shares his take on the housing crisis in the UK and how politicians should prioritise planning to help repair the UK’s frayed social contract.

The social contract isn’t a piece of paper. It’s a promise.

Jessica’s round up of this year’s Tory party conference in Manchester.

I’ve been mulling over the Conference for a few days now thinking about what to write in this post.

Hannah reports back from the Labour Party conference 2025.

What I’ve learned at Comm Comm UK

Local sixth-former Harry Hutson shares his experience of working at Comm Comm UK this summer.

Comm Comm UK reflects on its role in the award-winning Barbican Podium project, named 2025’s Future Public Realm winner at The Pineapples. Discover the community-first approach behind this iconic London transformation.

The New Planning and Infrastructure Bill Explained

Chris Sharp takes a look at the new bill working its way through parliament and assesses how this will impact Labour’s pledge to ‘get Britain building’.

Last week, members of the Comm Comm UK team joined City of London officers, local ward councillors and members of the Higgins construction team for a ‘Topping Out’ ceremony at the York Way estate in Islington.

We are pleased to be working on the construction communications for York Way, a City of London estate in Islington. The project is due to deliver 91 new homes for social rent, across four new buildings on the estate.

We are very excited to launch a new planning and consultation toolkit to help supercharge community consultation in line with Labour’s overhaul of the National Planning Policy Framework.

Last week, Anne and I attended the Investors in People (IIP) annual celebration at the amazing Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, to collect Comm Comm UK’s award alongside organisations from around the country who have also been accredited this year.