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BAS Consultancy: project examples

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Town Visions and Action Plans

BAS Consultancy has worked with a range of places, from city centres to rural communities to engage communities and develop long term strategies for transformation. Examples are below:

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Placemaking

(some reports are not available for publication)

  • Working with developers on major regeneration sites to develop placemaking strategies

  • High Streets Task Force development and delivery (as an expert) across a range of centres in the UK including Preston, Newcastle, Kendal, Thornton Heath, Rochdale and St Helens

  • Delivering Vital and Viable programme to community stakeholders in East Lindsay and North Devon

  • Markets development, including Worcester and Manchester Christmas Market, Ledbury and as CEO of Lower Marsh Market

  • Policy development (Community Improvement Districts, Community Governance, Transport policy, Spatial masterplanning, High Street Rental Auctions)

  • Business Improvement District advice and guidance (including helping to establish the BID Foundation, and delivering reviews of BID operations and vision)

  • Bristol Place Manifesto published in 2024 following a year-long experiment in citizen-led placemaking and systemic thinking.

 

Citizen participation

  • Development of national guidance for councils, placemakers and landowners on involving the public in conversations about controversial statues, place names and heritage assets.​

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Prizes, awards and positions

  • Winner, Davidson Prize 2024 as part of consortium bid on work to repurpose vacant department stores 

  • Awarded Senior Fellow, Institute of Place Management 2022

  • MSc Place Leadership and Management, Manchester Metropolitan University 2022

  • Design West Panel Member

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Ben also works regularly as an associate to larger placemaking consultancies including Futurecity, Nexus Planning and others.

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