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One programme, three phases.

Most consultancies in this market do one thing: planning, or construction-phase social value, or end-use ESG. We do all three as a single continuous programme, because the obligation made at planning has to be delivered at construction and evidenced at occupation. Alignment is impossible if a different firm runs each phase.

The work

From pre-application to year ten of occupation.

A development carries social value commitments from the first conversation with a planning officer until the deed expires, typically a decade after handover. We hold the thread the whole way through. The same firm. The same data. The same coordination layer.

The alignment layer · Storey Consulting
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Phase 1

Planning

Bought by the development team

Helping a developer secure consent, and committing to obligations they can actually deliver. We model the workforce the scheme will need, draft the Training Employment & Business Strategy, negotiate Section 106 with the council, and align the developer's ESG narrative to the obligations being entered into.

Deliverables

  • Labour market forecast
  • Training, Employment & Business Strategy (TEBS)
  • Section 106 negotiation support
  • Pre-commencement Community Employment Plans
  • ESG narrative aligned to commitments

Risk if mismanaged: consent delay, over-committed obligations, or commitments the delivery team can't actually meet.

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Phase 2

Construction

Bought by the delivery team and Tier 1 contractors

Discharging the obligations as the scheme is built. We coordinate every contractor in the supply chain around a shared programme, broker residents and apprentices into real roles, monitor delivery live, and provide the audit-grade evidence the council needs to sign off each phase.

Deliverables

  • Contractor coordination & CEPP delivery
  • Apprenticeship and pathway design
  • Brokerage and supply chain engagement
  • Live monitoring dashboards
  • Quarterly council reporting
  • Steering Group facilitation

Risk if mismanaged: target underdelivery, council escalation, reputational damage, future-application risk.

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Phase 3

End-use

Bought by the developer post-completion or the occupier

Continuing the programme into occupation. End-use S106 is where most consultancies disappear, but the deed runs for a decade after handover, and the occupier creates the apprenticeships, work placements and supplier opportunities the deed actually requires. We stay with the scheme through occupation.

Deliverables

  • Occupier engagement and onboarding
  • Vacancy push-feeds into council services
  • London Living Wage compliance
  • Local SME supply chain matching
  • Audit-grade evidence retention (10 years)

Risk if mismanaged: the deed runs for a decade with no one delivering against it. Council loses confidence in the scheme.

The obligation made at planning has to be delivered at construction and evidenced at occupation. Alignment is impossible if a different firm runs each phase.

Our capabilities

Five capabilities, mapped against three phases.

Each capability sits within a coordinated programme. Some take centre stage at one phase and recede at others. Some run continuously across the project's whole life. Together they give the developer one source of truth, one accountable party, one continuous record.

Phase 1 · Planning
Phase 2 · Construction
Phase 3 · End-use

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Labour market forecasting

Pipeline-level workforce modelling. Identifies the roles, volumes and timing the scheme will need before commitments are locked in.
Phase-by-phase refinement as the actual programme is built, keeping pathways aligned to live demand.
Occupier-side workforce review where the tenant's hiring plans are factored in.

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S106, TEBS and ESG-aligned strategy

The Training Employment & Business Strategy that satisfies the council, supports the ESG narrative, and is realistic enough that the delivery team can hit it.
Translation into Community Employment Plans that flow down through the supply chain.
Occupier-facing strategy that turns end-use commitments into a deliverable annual programme.

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Employer and supply chain engagement

Early engagement with potential delivery partners, training providers and community organisations.
Coordinating the entire delivery chain around one shared programme, Tier 1s, subcontractors, training providers and community partners.
Onboarding the occupier, integrating their hiring with council employment services, opening supply chain access to local SMEs.

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Brokerage and pathway delivery

Pathway design, the routes from school, college and unemployment into the scheme's roles.
Live brokerage. Real residents and apprentices placed into real roles, with the wraparound support that makes placements stick.
End-use brokerage from the occupier into local communities, with vacancies surfaced through the council's employment service and the platform.

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Live monitoring and reporting

Reporting framework agreed with the council before commencement.
Live dashboards. Quarterly council reporting. Steering Group facilitation. Audit-grade evidence collection from day one.
Ten years of audit-grade evidence retention. Annual reporting to council, developer and investor stakeholders.

How we engage

Engagement, design, delivery.

Three postures we hold across every engagement. We start by establishing what you want to do and why. We design the strategy that makes it deliverable. Then we deliver it, with the same team that designed it.

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Engagement

We run consultation that turns into collaboration. Stakeholders, communities, supply chains and councils, each interviewed against the obligations on the table. Modern tooling sits underneath the conversations, so what people tell us shows up later as evidence.

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Design

We write the strategy that aligns the legal and compliance load with planning obligations, social value ambitions and brand values. One document the developer can stand behind, the council can sign off, and the delivery team can hit.

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Delivery

We deliver the programme with the same team that designed it. Project management, communication protocols and live reporting that mitigates risk, keeps relationships intact, and routes funding to where it has the most impact.

What we deliver

Four services, one operating team.

Each service can be commissioned on its own. They are designed to interlock, so a developer who needs all four gets one accountable team rather than four contracts to manage.

Service 01

Employment & Skills Plans

We co-design Employment and Skills Plans with our clients, supply chains, local authorities, and the communities their projects impact. We don't just write strategies, we build them together. Through workshops, stakeholder mapping, and community engagement, we align planning obligations with real local need.

This collaborative approach ensures Employment and Skills Plans are grounded, deliverable, and capable of creating meaningful, lasting outcomes. Compliance becomes opportunity.

Service 02

Social Value Strategies

We work with clients to co-design Social Value Strategies that are rooted in place, shaped by people, and aligned with project delivery. Our approach brings together clients, local authorities, communities, and supply chains to identify shared priorities and build practical, measurable strategies that create lasting social and economic value.

By embedding co-design from the start, we turn social value from a compliance exercise into a tool for engagement, innovation, and inclusive growth.

Service 03

Affordable Workspace Strategies

We support clients to design and deliver affordable workspace strategies that are rooted in community need and aligned with planning obligations. Working in partnership with local authorities, workspace providers, and the communities they serve, we co-create evidence-led approaches that promote enterprise, support inclusive economic growth, and maximise long-term impact.

Our service includes market and policy analysis, pricing strategy, community and tenant engagement, fit-out and operational planning, and outcome-focused leasing models. Each workspace offer is viable, sustainable, and supports local start-ups, social enterprises and underrepresented groups to thrive in place.

Service 04

Wellbeing Strategies

We support clients to design and implement wellbeing strategies that go beyond box-ticking, integrating mental health, resilience and workplace culture into the heart of project delivery. We co-create these strategies with clients, supply chains and wellbeing partners, using the Ownminder platform to address sector-specific challenges and meet public procurement requirements.

Our approach includes senior leadership training, workforce engagement, and digital tools that promote ownership across teams. Through co-branded content, project-specific dashboards and measurable outcomes, wellbeing strategies become inclusive, data-driven, and aligned with social value goals.

The picture

See the whole system in three dimensions.

The way these phases, capabilities and services interlock is easier shown than described. The 3D systems map is the visual partner to this page, six bands from convening to the people the work is for.

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What alignment looks like

Same actors, different connections, phase by phase.

Alignment isn't a single state. It's what the network of actors looks like at each phase of the project. Click between the phases below to see how the connections we manage shift over the project's life.

Get in touch

Wherever your scheme is in its life, we can help.

Pre-application, mid-construction, post-handover. The right time to involve us is whenever an obligation needs to be designed, delivered or evidenced. Earlier is better, but later still works.

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