Consents Management
Digital solutions
Streamline stakeholder engagement end-to-end and ensure regulatory compliance
Consenting on infrastructure projects is often delivered across multiple teams and organisations using disconnected systems - resulting in siloed data, duplicated effort, fragmented landowner engagement, and increased compliance and audit risk.
The Consents Management solution streamlines the consenting process and helps to understand affected land, engage stakeholders effectively, and maintain a clear, compliant audit trail from early planning through to post-consents decision delivery through a geospatially-enabled interface.
Bringing clarity to the infrastructure planning process
Consents Management provides a single source of truth for consenting information on infrastructure projects. It brings land, stakeholders, communications and survey activity into a single view, so you can quickly understand what is happening, what has been agreed, and where attention is needed.
This means:
- Better visibility of progress and risks throughout the planning process
- Confidence that stakeholder communications and commitments are being tracked
- Reduced risk of delays caused by missed actions or unmanaged information
- A clear audit trail to support compliance and regulatory scrutiny
- Keeps planning process on track, supports informed decision-making, and moves projects forward with greater certainty
Reduced risk and assured compliance
Minimises manual processes and improves data quality, reducing legal and regulatory risk across the consent lifecycle.
Greater trust through transparency
Improves clarity and consistency in engagement with stakeholders and communities, strengthening accountability.
Faster and better-informed delivery
Reduces time and cost while enabling stronger decision-making through real-time insight, helping teams progress with clarity.
Consents Management has been an invaluable tool on the HS2 project to assess a large amount of information. It has enabled the assessment team to undertake their work efficiently and to commence work quickly.HS2 Route Window Manager
Secure digital system
for communicating with land owners and sending automated Land Interest Questionnaires (LIQs) that reduces reliance on paper and improving response rates.
AI capabilities
mean we can quickly group large volumes of consultation responses into clear themes to identify key issues early while maintaining GDPR compliance throughout.
Track actions
issues, queries and commitments from multiple data sources ensuring nothing is overlooked and everything is accessible to the whole project team.
Produce and send
large volumes of mailshots quickly and consistently.
Automated production
of the Book of Reference from a single, trusted data source.
Plan, schedule and track
surveys in one place, linked to access to land requests and stakeholder engagement.
Proven outcomes
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Less than 1% error rateon land referencing information used to successfully produce and serve high volumes of statutory notices measured by clients
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Steamlines assurance processcovering 100% of results compared to 15% manually
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15-20% efficiencyin survey workstreams on infrastructure projects
