FROM CONTRIBUTIONS TO DELIVERY.
Bringing the public and private sectors together to turn planning obligations and infrastructure commitments into better places. A2B works with local authorities, landowners, developers, agents, investors and delivery partners to navigate the complexities of infrastructure planning and delivery. We help build stronger relationships, connect the right people and create the conditions for successful outcomes. From understanding where things aren't working, through transformation, governance, systems and resourcing, to getting projects delivered on the ground, we provide expertise and practical support at every stage. We don't just tell you what needs to change. We bring the right people together and stay with you to make it happen.
START WITH DISCOVERY
Understand where you are. Know what needs to change. Have a plan to get there.
You don't always need a major consultancy commission to understand whether your infrastructure processes are working.
Our Discovery Assessment is a focused, fixed-fee review of your current arrangements. We get under the skin of how things really work — across teams, systems, governance, finance, resourcing, decision-making and delivery.
We identify what's working, where the gaps and bottlenecks are, and what needs to happen next. A Roadmap for success.
OUTPUT - A concise, tangible report setting out:
- Current position
- Key gaps and risks
- Priority improvements
- Resource requirements
- Who needs to be involved
- Indicative timescales
- Recommended next steps
Something you can actually use to forward plan, resource and make the case for change.
FROM DIAGNOSIS TO DELIVERY
Sometimes the Discovery Assessment is all you need.
Sometimes it's just the beginning.
A2B can stay alongside you to turn the recommendations into action — providing additional capacity, specialist expertise and programme leadership where you need it.
We parachute directly into organisations, working alongside Planning, Finance, Legal, HR, Infrastructure, Members, service teams and delivery partners; rather than operating at arm's length.
And through our network of trusted specialist collaborators, our support can extend across the full journey:
From fixing the process to helping get infrastructure projects over the line.
TRANSFORMATION & SERVICE DESIGN
Sometimes fixing the process means changing the service around it.
A2B helps authorities create the right organisational environment for successful infrastructure delivery.
We assess capacity, capability and ways of working; identify the resources and skills required; and design new or improved services around what the organisation actually needs.
And we don't stop at an organisational chart.
We can support transformation through implementation — developing service structures, roles, job descriptions and person specifications, supporting recruitment and interviews, and working directly with HR, Finance and senior leadership to help deliver restructures and establish new service provision.
Whether the answer is additional capacity, different skills, clearer accountability, a redesigned team or an entirely new service, we help move it from recommendation to reality.
STRATEGIC ADVISORY & CRITICAL FRIEND
Expert support. When you need it.
Not every challenge needs a project, a report or a consultancy commission.
Sometimes you need an experienced, independent perspective — someone who understands local government, can challenge constructively, test your thinking and help you navigate a difficult decision.
A2B provides flexible Strategic Advisory & Critical Friend support to senior officers and teams, available by the hour or by the day.
Use us to:
- Test a strategy
- Sense-check a decision
- Review a proposal
- Unpick a difficult problem
- Prepare for a challenging meeting
- Provide an independent perspective
- Help bring different services around the table
No lengthy commission. No unnecessary process.
Just experienced, pragmatic support when you need us.
PRIVATE SECTOR ADVISORY
Bridging the gap between development and delivery.
A2B provides bespoke strategic advice to landowners, developers, planning agents and investors, helping them navigate planning obligations, infrastructure requirements and the complexities of working with local planning authorities.
We bring extensive local government experience and an understanding of how councils operate, helping our clients build stronger relationships, engage the right decision-makers and establish a collaborative approach to securing and delivering development.
From early engagement and Section 106 negotiations to infrastructure funding, governance and delivery, we help identify potential barriers, unlock opportunities and bring the right public and private sector partners to the table.
Better relationships. Smarter solutions. Successful delivery.
WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE
Developer Contributions
S106 • CIL • Monitoring • Forecasting • Spending strategies • Governance
Infrastructure Planning & Delivery
Infrastructure strategies • Prioritisation • Capital programme alignment • Project development • Delivery
Transformation & Service Design
Service reviews • Operating models • Resourcing • Team structures • Recruitment • Service redesign • Implementation
Systems, Governance & Process Improvement
Systems • Data • Procedures • Decision-making • Cross-service working • Programme management • BNG
Private Sector Advisory
Strategic advice • S106 negotiations • Infrastructure funding • LPA engagement • Relationship building • Barrier identification • Delivery partnerships
Critical Friend Service
Ad hoc advice & guidance • Independent perspective • Strategy testing • Decision support • Public & private sector
EXPERIENCE THAT GETS THINGS MOVING
A2B brings more than 20 years' experience working in and alongside local government, with a practical understanding of the realities behind infrastructure delivery.
We understand policies and processes.
But, more importantly, we understand how councils actually work.
That means bringing the right people to the table, joining up disciplines that too often operate separately, and creating solutions that are practical, proportionate and deliverable.
Because successful infrastructure delivery takes a village.
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP
End-to-end project delivery
A2B collaborates with Askival, to provide an end to end project delivery solution. Askival provides outstanding project management for urban regeneration schemes and the delivery of complex projects.
Working at senior level, their proven experience ranges from relatively modest community infrastructure schemes to major £100m-plus regeneration programmes. Across them, the common thread is moving projects from funding and concept through land assembly, governance, procurement and construction to tangible community outcomes.
COUNCILS & PUBLIC BODIES WE HAVE ADVISED
A2B has advised some noteworthy councils and public bodies including:
MONEY COLLECTED ISN'T INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERED.
The measure of success isn't simply how much developer funding has been secured.
It's what happens next.
NEED SOME ADVICE? JUST ASK.
We believe good advice shouldn't always need a procurement process attached to it.
That's why A2B offers every local authority a free one-hour Discovery Call on Microsoft Teams.
No fee. No obligation. No sales pitch.
Just an hour with an experienced infrastructure specialist to talk through a challenge, test an idea, unpick a problem or simply get another perspective on what you could do next.
If we can help in an hour, we will.
And if your challenge needs more than that, we can talk about what the next step might look like.