Storey Consulting

Obligations into opportunities.

We're the alignment layer between planning, procurement and delivery, making sure your ESG strategy, social value objectives and planning requirements work as one programme, not three. And we've built the platform that makes it real.

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Tom Storey · Storey Consulting

The problem

ESG, social value and S106 are reported separately. They shouldn't be delivered separately.

In most major developments, planning conditions sit with the development team. ESG strategy sits with sustainability or investor relations. Social value sits with community engagement. Procurement sits with the commercial team. Each has its own targets, its own reporting cycle, its own consultant.

The result is duplication, dilution and underdelivery. Apprenticeships are created without live roles to step into. Local labour goals are set without the forecasting that makes them achievable. ESG narratives are written that the on-site programme can't actually evidence. Money is spent four times to produce outcomes that should reinforce each other.

Our approach

We align the system, so a single programme delivers against every objective.

We sit between developers, contractors, councils, training providers and communities, connecting workstreams that usually run in parallel.

We start with the development pipeline, not the training brochure. We model the labour each phase will need. We design strategies that satisfy planning, support ESG reporting and create real social value at the same time. We engage contractors and supply chains around a shared programme. We broker residents and apprentices into real roles. And we monitor everything live, so performance can be managed and evidenced as it happens.

It's the same money you were already going to spend. It just works across every objective at once.

How we work in detail→
Storey Consulting at the centre of an alignment system between developers, councils, contractors, training providers, communities and investors. Developers Councils Contractors Training Providers Communities Investors / ESG Storey ALIGNMENT LAYER

What we do

Five capabilities, designed to operate as one system.

01

Labour market forecasting

We model the workforce your pipeline actually requires, by phase and by trade, so every downstream decision is grounded in real demand.

02

S106, TEBS and ESG-aligned strategy

We translate planning obligations into strategies councils approve, contractors can execute, and ESG reporting can credibly evidence.

03

Employer and supply chain engagement

We bring developers, Tier 1 contractors and SMEs into a coordinated approach, replacing dozens of separate compliance exercises with one shared programme.

04

Brokerage and pathway delivery

We connect residents, apprentices and learners to the right opportunity at the right moment, with the wraparound support that makes placements stick.

05

Live monitoring and reporting

We build the dashboards, evidence base and audit-grade records that let councils sign off, developers publish, and ESG narratives stand up to scrutiny.

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Delivery

Whether the obligation is to a council, a community or the workforce itself, alignment is the same problem.

We deliver alignment programmes for some of the most respected developers, councils and investors in the UK.

Four live programmes show what alignment looks like in practice, across innovation districts, residential regeneration, end-use office occupation, and construction workforce wellbeing.

For Stanhope

Oxford North

A 480,000 sq m innovation district in north Oxford, delivered with construction partners including Mace, Careys, Hill Group and Laing O'Rourke. We serve as the Local Employment Coordinator, aligning the developer's ESG framework, the contractors' delivery programmes and the council's Schedule 7 obligations into a single coordinated approach.

Oxford North has gone beyond the targets we set for them. It shows that it is perfectly possible to bring these jobs to local residents and that there are no limits. , Councillor Susan Brown, Leader, Oxford City Council
Read the Oxford North case study→

For Greystar

Pearl Yard, Bermondsey

A 1,600-home residential development on the former Peek Frean Biscuit Factory site in Southwark. We coordinate the full Section 106 employment and skills programme on behalf of Greystar, in partnership with local delivery charity Big Local Works, and we've deployed Opportunity Platform to make every commitment transparent and accountable to Bermondsey residents.

Every commitment published, tracked and evidenced against the Schedule 7 deed.

Visit Opportunity Bermondsey→ Read the Pearl Yard case study→

For Derwent London

Network, Camden

A 136,300 sq ft grade-A office at 21 Brock Street, fully pre-let to Databricks and anchoring the Knowledge Quarter. We coordinate the end-use Section 106 programme, a different challenge from construction-phase delivery, and one most consultancies don't take on.

Apprenticeships at Levels 2 and 3, ringfenced for Camden residents. Work placements for Camden 16+ students through the borough's STEAM schools. Every role checked against the London Living Wage. Vacancies pushed directly into Good Work Camden. Camden SMEs into the supply chain through Meet the Buyer events. Ten-year audit-grade evidence retention.

End-use S106 delivery into occupation, not just construction.

Visit Opportunity Network→ Read the Network case study→

For Legal & General

Construction Wellbeing Programme

A multi-site supply chain wellbeing programme for one of the UK's largest asset managers, delivered in partnership with Cognacity (Dr Phil Hopley) and built on the Ownminder Mind Fitness platform. Construction has the highest suicide rate of any UK industry, 3.7× the national average, and L&G is the first major investor to address it as a stewardship obligation across its construction pipeline.

At Legal & General, we manage over £1.2 trillion in assets, but our most valuable asset will always be our people. , L&G Wellbeing Strategy 2024
Read the L&G programme case study→

The platform

The platform behind the delivery.

Three of these programmes, Pearl Yard, Network and the L&G Wellbeing Programme, run on Opportunity Platform, the digital infrastructure we've built to make commitments transparent, accountable and audit-grade.

Whether it's Section 106 employment commitments or supply chain wellbeing obligations, the platform gives developers, investors and councils a single source of truth, and gives the people the commitments are designed for a single place to engage.

Currently deployed for Greystar, Derwent London and Legal & General, with a growing pipeline of London developments.

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Trusted by

14 of the UK's most respected developers, investors and councils.

Stanhope. Greystar. Derwent London. Legal & General. Grosvenor. Argent. The Crown Estate. Plus the partners they trust to deliver alongside them.

4

Live alignment programmes across London & Oxford

£3.5M+

College programme value coordinated through Storey

2,123

Jobs created on Oxford North alone

100%

Schedule 7 commitments met or exceeded

Trusted by 14 UK developers and investors including Stanhope, Greystar, Derwent London, Legal & General, Grosvenor, Argent, The Crown Estate, Barratt London, EcoWorld, Global Holdings, Oxford North, McLaren, W·RE and Sellar
Selected clients and named developers. Logos held by their respective owners.

Delivery partners Oxford City Council · Camden Council · Southwark Council · OxLEP · DWP · CITB · Big Local Works · Good Work Camden · Mace · Careys · Hill Group · Laing O'Rourke · Cognacity · Kingston University · the Knowledge Quarter

At Legal & General, we believe corporate and social responsibility needs to be integrated into our relationships with our supply chain, government and wider society. Working with Storey Consulting, we have been able to embed best practice around employment & skills, well-being and digital skills into our projects. This approach enables us to make a positive impact that reflects needs, attracts investment and has tangible benefits to us all.
Damon Brown Legal & General

From the L&G Construction Wellbeing partnership

Convening

We're shaping how the sector thinks about this work.

We chair and contribute to the conversations defining the future of planning, employment and skills delivery, at the Oxfordshire Business Summit, OxProp Summit, and through the Oxfordshire Inclusive Economy Partnership.

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Tom Storey, founder of Storey Consulting

From Tom Storey, founder. The firm runs because the work is real. Every claim on this site is sourced from a live programme or a signed-off report. Meet the team→

Have a development with planning, ESG, social value or workforce commitments to align?

We work with developers, councils, contractors and investors from pre-commencement strategy through to long-term coordination across multi-phase schemes, and we deploy Opportunity Platform on the programmes that need it.

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