Category: Social value

Whose Agreement? Questions About the Development Agreement

Oct 14, 2025

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marcodinu

in Berkeley Group, Communication from Council, Consultation failure, Development Agreement, Environment, Freedom of information requests, Legal, Masterplan, Phases, Questions for the council series, Regeneration guides, Social value

On April 30, BCC and Berkeley signed a development agreement that was largely kept from public scrutiny. On September 26, a heavily redacted version of the agreement was shared as evidence of a commitment to “being open and transparent throughout the regeneration process and this next stage of consultation and planning.” A reading of the…