Key Issues: On the 22nd September 2024, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published it’s Planning Reform Working Paper on the Brownfield Passport: Making the Most of Urban Land (which can be found here): Its focus …

Mayoral strategic plans, call-in powers and development corporations all on the horizon, as well as unitary planning authorities following the abolition of county, district and borough councils As we have been briefing for several months, local government reform is not …

Consultant Clare works as a policy, communications and engagement specialist and is a champion for local politics and community development. As an active political campaigner, Clare is a councillor for both Milton Keynes City Council and Huntingdonshire District Council, and …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Questions swirl as the impact of the budget is assessed more closely. Kier Starmer vows to get the UK ‘working again’ as the job market dwindles. The government’s proposals come in response to strong opposition from businesses regarding the tax …