We provide consultancy advice and support throughout the UK on economic development, often at the interface between the public and private sectors. We help local authorities, government, communities, developers and businesses to plan for economic development and understand the socio-economic impacts of projects and programmes on areas and societies. Our work covers issues such as jobs, enterprise, investment, employment of local people, skills, productivity, energy, infrastructure, sites and premises.
In 2022, we delivered an Economic Impact Statement and a Socio-economic Assessment for the proposed development of Talbot Village Innovation Quarter and Nuffield Health Hospital.
Hardisty Jones delivered an economic impact assessment for a proposed surf lagoon with wider development in the Green Belt at Brocks Pine in Dorset.
Hardisty Jones has recently delivered the offshore and onshore socio-economics Environmental Impact Assessment chapters as part of the Environmental Statement for the Berwick Bank Offshore Wind Farm.
Footnote 26 of the draft NPPF introduces a potential new approach to development near well-connected rail stations, using Travel to Work Areas as the primary geographic filter. Director Stuart Hardisty shares his thoughts.
Hardisty Jones has provided socio-economics support to the Berwick Bank Offshore Wind Farm on behalf of SSE Renewables. We are pleased to see Berwick Bank Phase B confirmed in CfD Allocation Round 7.
The government has just finished a scheduled review of its main energy planning policy (EN‑1), alongside EN‑3 and EN‑5. Draft changes were consulted on in spring 2025, then checked by Parliament over a set period, before the final updated policies came into force this week. I've set out what this could mean for assessing the…
Footnote 26 of the draft NPPF introduces a potential new approach to development near well-connected rail stations, using Travel to Work Areas as the primary geographic filter. Director Stuart Hardisty shares his thoughts.
Hardisty Jones has provided socio-economics support to the Berwick Bank Offshore Wind Farm on behalf of SSE Renewables. We are pleased to see Berwick Bank Phase B confirmed in CfD Allocation Round 7.
As the UK prepares for its first small modular reactor at Wylfa, planning and regulatory decisions will need to rely on robust socio-economic assessments of nuclear power projects. This insight piece explores how thorough assessment can inform DCO applications and support sustainable local economic development.
It's been a landmark few months for offshore wind, with a few recently consented projects that will deliver over 7 GW of renewable energy capacity.
We are pleased to hear that SSE's Berwick Bank Offshore Wind Farm has received development consent from The Scottish Government. The project will be the world's largest offshore wind farm, delivering 4.1 GW of clean energy.
As the UK prepares for its first small modular reactor at Wylfa, planning and regulatory decisions will need to rely on robust socio-economic assessments of nuclear power projects. This insight piece explores how thorough assessment can inform DCO applications and support sustainable local economic development.
It's been a landmark few months for offshore wind, with a few recently consented projects that will deliver over 7 GW of renewable energy capacity.
