Connecting with communities for effective engagement.
ECE Group offers a range of services for opening dialogue with stakeholders, ranging from light touch online feedback to targeted PR and design collaboration events. Whatever your public engagement needs, we have a service for you.
Engagement
Designing with insight and purpose
At ECE, we believe truly visionary design starts with collaboration, that exceptional places transcend the physical to enrich lives of the communities they support. Our mission is to integrate social purpose and human-centric design into every project, ensuring that our work leaves a lasting, positive legacy. We try to ensure that all relevant stakeholders feel a sense of ownership, and are engaged throughout the process to shape outcomes that are both meaningful and enduring.
This philosophy is at the core of our brands, ECE Planning and ECE Architecture, which each take a holistic approach to socially responsible development.
Impactful planning for people-first places
Our planning approach prioritises clarity, collaboration, and community insight. At every stage, we believe that open, well-structured engagement is key to delivering planning outcomes that are robust, inclusive, and aligned with local priorities.
ECE Planning brings a trusted and effective approach to public consultation, combining in-person events with an online platform to ensure broad and meaningful participation. We work closely with clients to shape tailored engagement strategies, helping to communicate proposals clearly, manage stakeholder expectations, and support the smooth progression of planning applications.
Designing with empathy
ECE Impact is ECE Architecture’s dedicated service for meaningful community engagement and measurable social value.
We lead early, authentic engagement that goes beyond compliance – mapping stakeholders, reaching under-represented voices, and hosting open events and co-design workshops where ideas can be tested, challenged, and improved.
By bringing local knowledge into the heart of each brief, we turn insight into practical action – identifying opportunities to add social value, de-risk planning, and build trust and support with local communities.
Our approach is genuinely collaborative, with engagement insight flowing directly into the design process at a scale shaped by each project and client ambition.
Our brands
Both ECE Architecture and ECE Planning offer dedicated social impact and community engagement services, creating developments that truly benefit the communities they serve.
Get to know both brands to discover how we can support your project’s social objectives.
Let’s discuss your next project
Whatever stage you’re at with your project, our breadth of specialisms and depth of expertise mean we’re able to add value whenever you need us.
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