Annual Report 2019

ANNUAL REPORT 2019 87 ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE REPORT Community Engagement and Partnership We value the opinions of every member in the community. To better understand their needs and concerns for effective project planning, community engagement activities were carried out for our Property Development. Northern Gateway, Manchester – Public consultation on Strategic Regeneration Framework The Group works together with the Manchester City Council in the UK to deliver the Northern Gateway development project, which will provide more than 15,000 new homes over the next decade, with an emphasis on design quality and sustainability, open space and green walking and cycling routes. To provide a platform for stakeholders to reflect how they would like the area to develop, a public consultation on the draft SRF in accordance with Manchester City Council’s adopted Statement of Community Involvement was carried out in 2018: Consultation period Communication methods • Eight weeks from August 2018 to October 2018, which was two weeks more than the standard six-week consultation period • Consultation letter and accompanying questionnaire sent to properties • Eight consultation drop-in sessions for members of the public and landowners. • Dedicated hotlines, websites, email address, freepost address • Published marketing communication materials • Social media promotion Stakeholder engagement Consultation response • A range of stakeholders were engaged, including residents, business operators, l andowne r s and p r ope r t y owne r s , statutory bodies, local councillors, representatives from key local institutions such as schools, community centres, churches and community groups etc • 423 stakeholders attended the drop-in sessions • 98 written responses were received via the questionnaires and emails