M&N was appointed to design and implement a stakeholder engagement and local media relations programme to support Hammerson’s Principal Place (formerly known as Bishops Place) scheme – a 1.5m sq ft mixed used project in Hackney, designed by Foster + Partners. The London Borough of Hackney resolved to grant consent at its planning committee on the 4 November 2009. A new application with amendments to the 2009 scheme was brought forward in 2011. This application also had a robust consultation exercise carried out by M&N on behalf of Hammerson and it received unanimous planning consent from the London Borough of Hackney on 6 July 2011.