Chelgate has been providing political engagement and community consultation support to our clients for over 35 years. Over the past decade, we have worked on approaching 100 projects totalling over 50,000 dwellings. Almost 27,000 of those dwellings, some 58 projects, have been in the North Thames region, which includes Essex, …

Chelgate has been providing political engagement and community consultation support to our clients for over 35 years. Over the past decade, we have worked on approaching 100 projects totalling over 50,000 dwellings alone. Almost 22,000 of those dwellings, some 26 projects, have been in the South Thames region, which includes …

Key points: LPAs must now review Green Belt boundaries where unmet housing needs exist. Grey Belt definition introduced for land that does not ‘strongly contribute’ to key Green Belt purposes and meets certain criteria. Development within the Green Belt is permissible where it utilises Grey Belt, meets unmet needs, and …

Key Points: All district, borough and city councils to get abolished and become either a Foundation Strategic Authority (FSAs, which will include non-mayoral combined authorities, combined county authorities, and any local authority designated as a FSA without a mayor), or a Mayoral Strategic Authority (MSA). This will end the current …

Account Manager Mark has had an extensive career working within local, Westminster and European politics, public affairs, town planning and the news media. He studied for a MSc in Town Planning at the University of Brighton during the Covid-19 pandemic subsequently working as a planning officer at Adur and Worthing …

Chelgate has been providing political engagement and community consultation support to our clients for over 35 years. Over the past decade, we have worked on approaching 100 projects totalling over 50,000 dwellings alone. Almost 22,000 of those dwellings, some 26 projects, have been in the South Thames region, which includes …

Chelgate has been providing political and community engagement and consultation support to our clients for approaching 40 years. Over the past decade alone, we have worked on over 100 projects totalling some 53,000 dwellings and, over the last 2.5 years, we have achieved an almost 100% success rate on planning …

On a dull and grey 5 November, the great and the good of the Surrey property world assembled at Sandown Park for the annual get together of the Surrey Developers Forum. John Tarvit, chairman of the Forum and director of planning at Wates Developments, opened the conference and introduced Baroness …