By Alia Khan, Consultant  Studies suggest that 1 in 3 millennials will never be able to own a home, yet 1 in 6 baby boomers presently own a second property. This shifts the paradigm of the social contract and forces questions to arise relating to generational divide in equity and …

Chelgate Local’s work for Redrow Homes South East on a project in Maidstone, Kent, was a finalist in the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) awards in December. Springfield Mill was shortlisted in the PRCA Planning Project of the Year category recognising Chelgate Local’s political and community engagement role with the …

By Alia Khan, Consultant The set-piece housing announcement in the Liberal Democrats’ Election Manifesto was a pledge to build 300,000 new homes each year – the current official target for England – with at least 100,000 homes for social rent. But for those of us with an interest in development, …

The word “housing” appears 38 times in Labour’s 107-page manifesto, and the party’s plans are nothing if not ambitious. It’s clearly a top priority for the party, its members and its potential supporters. The headlines are dramatic – 150,000 new affordable homes a year by 2024, £1bn a year to …

By Angus Reilly, Intern Although it’s fair to say events elsewhere in the Supreme Court were to end up overshadowing everything else at Labour Conference, events in Brighton may have implications for the party and country in years to come. As well as plenty of infighting, Labour set the groundwork …

By Alia Khan, Consultant The Liberal Democrat Party Conference went all out to grab headlines this autumn in a sunny Bournemouth. With one MP defecting from the Conservative Party – joining others like Chuka Umunna and Luciana Berger who were originally Labour – to a bold new Brexit Policy, the …

By Michael Hardware, Director of Planning and Property The beginning of September saw new rules come into force requiring local planning authorities to publish what they have spent S106 and CIL monies on. This has been prompted by reports that councils are not spending the money as intended, and in some …

  Chelgate has boosted its property communications and stakeholder engagement division with two new hires, Mark Allison and Alia Khan. Chelgate Local is one of the leading agencies working in the property sector and has been working to help residential and commercial developers build more homes, business properties and infrastructure for …