What We Do
Chelgate Local provides strategic communications advice, planning public affairs, advocacy, political engagement and community consultation
We understand the politics of planning and how communities work. Working together can produce positive oputcomes, even for the most controversial projects.
We support our clients whether they are promoting their site through a local plan process, or whether they are submitting a planning application.
We work hand-in-hand with our clients and their consultants to get under the skin of a project
and understand the objectives. We’re not shy about suggesting a different or unusual approach, and will tell our clients when we think they are wrong.
We constantly review our approach and have successfully embraced new technology, combining it with the best traditional techniques to produce outstanding results mobilising the usually silent majority, and reaching the usually hard-to-reach groups. We know when social media works and when it needs to be avoided.
Fundamentally, we recognise that we need to make engagement easy, genuine and transparent.
Our team provides:
- Strategy development
- Political advocacy and engagement
- Community and stakeholder engagement
- Supporter mobilisation and on-street marketing
- Community planning, legacy & stewardship
- Media relations
- Construction communications
- Issues and reputation management
The Chelgate Local team has particular experience in developing stakeholder engagement, consultation and political campaigns to support:
- Residential site local plan promotion
- Immediate residential land
- Energy generation and infrastructure
- Commercial and retail
- Public sector housing and BTR
- Regeneration and contaminated land
Strategic land and site promotion
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Energy and infrastructure
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