Central government now expects local councils and their partners to place community empowerment at the heart of everything they do.

One way this is being achieved is through public assembly meetings, where councillors take the democratic process from the council chamber out into the community. Voting decisions concerning the immediate local area are taken in the presence of the public with opportunities for questions and ideas to be tabled.

Major planning applications often call for public meetings as part of the evaluation process.

The ability for all participants and audience members to hear and be heard is crucial to a satisfactory outcome.

At such gatherings, CVC provide high quality specialist audio systems giving the best intelligibility, both for the audience and the participants.

Recent Events

• Public enquiry into the proposed development of a former commercial site into private dwellings
• Public enquiry into the merger of two schools into one
• Community assembly meetings for Sheffield City Council