Who We Help

Local Authorities

Helping Local Authorities Create Healthier, Fairer and More Resilient Places

Technical excellence, policy insight and community-focused design to support your priorities.

Local Authorities operate under intense scrutiny, balancing the need to deliver regeneration, infrastructure and public services while managing tight budgets, political accountability and ambitious climate targets.  Decisions must be robust, transparent and capable of standing up to public and regulatory challenge.
BWB works alongside councils to provide evidence-led, accountable solutions that help shape healthier places, support economic growth and deliver long-term social value.

Meeting Public Sector Challenges

  • Delivering statutory requirements and infrastructure within constrained budgets.
  • Meeting Climate Emergency commitments and Net Zero targets.
  • Responding to the health, wellbeing, accessibility and active travel needs.
  • Managing political expectations, public scrutiny and stakeholder engagement.
  • Securing funding through robust business cases and technical evidence.
  • Delivering high-quality regeneration and placemaking outcomes.

How We Add Value

  • Evidence and Assurance:

    We provide robust technical assessments that withstand scrutiny, supporting confident decision-making and approvals.

  • Healthy Placemaking and Inclusion:

    We embed health, accessibility and inclusive design principles into projects, helping deliver places that work for communities now and in the future.

  • Funding and Business Case Support:

    We support Levelling Up bids or similar investment cases with clear, credible technical evidence aligned to policy objectives.

  • Community Engagement:

    Through meaningful consultation and digital engagement, including via our digital-led company Deetu, we help ensure local voices are heard and inform better outcomes.

  • Integrated Delivery:

    Our integrated teams coordinate seamlessly across complex programmes, reducing risk and improving delivery confidence.

How We Add Strategic Value

Climate Solutions:

  • Energy planning
  • Flood risk
  • Resilience
  • Natural capital

Placemaking:

  • Health-led design
  • Public realm strategies
  • Community consultation

Technology:

  • Digital tools
  • Support asset management
  • Monitoring
  • Engagement
  • Healthy Places
One of the UK’s largest town centre brownfield sites, spanning 15 acres, in the heart of Northampton. West Northamptonshire Council wanted to shaping the site by the people, for the people, ensuring its successful regeneration.
  • Healthy Places
Learn more about how the project will improve active travel networks, create new visitor attractions, and redevelop Long Eaton Town Centre.
  • Healthy Places
The scheme aimed to reduce local flood risk, improve habitat quality, and enhance biodiversity across several kilometres of river reach.

Let’s work together to create places that work for everyone.

Contact us

Contact