Examples of our work
for local authorities, government agencies and other organizations

Farming Connect - planning advice service
During 2005-2006 Cynefin provided a series of evening events explaining the planning process to farmers who were interested in diversifying their businesses. Over 100 personal planning advice sessions were also conducted helping farmers understand how planning might affect thier own proposals.

North Wales Economic Forum - tourism brown signs review
Cynefin interviewed all the major stakeholders in the provision of White on Brown Tourism signs and reviewed how the service operates across North Wales. Stage 2 of the project provided all the service providers with a draft handbook to help improve consistency throughout the area.

Denbighshire County Council – household planning applications
Cynefin assisted Denbighshire County Council with the determination of household and minor planning applications. The company dealt with over 300 cases over a two year period.

Anglesey County Council – planning enforcement
Cynefin assisted Anglesey County Council’s Planning Control Service with their enforcement work. The aims of the contract were to clear up a backlog of enforcement cases brought about by long term staffing problems, to provide an analysis of the enforcement service's structure with recommendations for future action, and to provide high quality resources to increase understanding amongst the public, staff and councillors of the enforcement system, its procedures and purpose.

Gwynedd Council – industrial development capacity study
Cynefin appraised the existing provision of sites and land for business development in Gwynedd and determined the demand for such sites for the period 2000-2015. The appraisal took into account the views and aspirations of current business managers and concluded that there is adequate land available to cater for business development over the next fifteen years though there is likely to be a need for more business units of all sizes. The report recommended that a monitoring programme be put in place to assess the changing needs, ensuring that land or building shortages or new development opportunities can be identified at an early stage.

Anglesey and Gwynedd Councils - PROW surveys
Surveys of the condition, ease of access and obstructions on footpaths in Anglesey and Gwynedd were undertaken in 2005/6. Cynefin worked in association with Exegesis using hand held survey equipment incorporating digital OS maps, GPS and photographic recording of features.

Countryside Council for Wales - woodlands survey
In 2006 Cynefin carried out a condition survey of Annex 1 woodland habitats at four Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) in north and mind Wales. The results will help inform site management, enable reporting on the condition and contribute to the assessment of the conservation status of these habitats.

Anglesey Environmental Forum - current activity database
The Forum was keen to improve information sharing about activities, projects and programmes amongst it's members. Cynefin collected structured information from all members of the Forum about the projects they were involved in. The data was held in an Access database which was prepared by Cynefin.