- Role: North Region Director
- Company: Built Environment Communications Group
- Field: Public Consultation + Political Engagement
- Call: 0161 359 4103
- Email: kevin.whitmore@becg.com
How much longer can we cope with Zoomocracy?
A recent infamous video that I'm sure you have seen throws a spotlight on whether the move towards virtual council meetings is good for democracy in the long term.
Kevin Whitmore
- North Region Director
- Built Environment Communications Group
- Public Consultation + Political Engagement
Will 2021 be the year Garden Communities finally bloom?
It’s fair to say Garden Communities did not have a vintage 2020. Some question whether the Government's ambition to deliver the 49 sites is realistic.
Kevin Whitmore
- North Region Director
- Built Environment Communications Group
- Public Consultation + Political Engagement
What do councillors really think about Planning for the Future?
Councils across the North West are considering their responses to the Government’s proposed reforms to the planning system, with some describing the Planning for the Future White Paper as...
Kevin Whitmore
- North Region Director
- Built Environment Communications Group
- Public Consultation + Political Engagement
DevoLancs: A step closer to the North West’s next elected mayor?
According to Regional Growth Minister Simon Clarke MP, “the greatest decentralisation of power in our modern history” is going to hit the region’s politicians in the autumn.
Kevin Whitmore
- North Region Director
- Built Environment Communications Group
- Public Consultation + Political Engagement
Let’s talk about home
The recent Design Council report, A Public Vision for the Home of 2030, makes for fascinating reading as we see new housing developments start to come forward again.
Kevin Whitmore
- North Region Director
- Built Environment Communications Group
- Public Consultation + Political Engagement
Reflections from a virtual world
All it took for the development industry and local authorities to embrace digital technologies was a global health pandemic.
Kevin Whitmore
- North Region Director
- Built Environment Communications Group
- Public Consultation + Political Engagement
Towards a post-Covid world
As we head into another three weeks of lockdown to tackle the coronavirus outbreak, it seems the time is right to start thinking about what the world could look...
Kevin Whitmore
- North Region Director
- Built Environment Communications Group
- Public Consultation + Political Engagement
Coronavirus: changing the way we think about housing
We're over a fortnight into 'lockdown' and social distancing concerns have brought into sharp relief an aspect of housing policy which has perhaps been overlooked in recent years.
Kevin Whitmore
- North Region Director
- Built Environment Communications Group
- Public Consultation + Political Engagement
Lifting the lid on climate emergencies
Tackling climate change has risen up the political agenda thanks to the efforts of Extinction Rebellion, the legally binding net zero 2050 target and the severe flooding seen across...
Kevin Whitmore
- North Region Director
- Built Environment Communications Group
- Public Consultation + Political Engagement
New poll reveals rent control is the most popular built environment election pledge in the North West
Rent control, investment in new roads and higher stamp duty for overseas UK property buyers are the most popular election pledges for the built environment in the North West,...
Kevin Whitmore
- North Region Director
- Built Environment Communications Group
- Public Consultation + Political Engagement
