Sector expertise/Development
planning support & community relations
Developers want to gain planning consent for their proposed development quickly, easily and as cost-effectively as possible. The local community where they want to develop is likely to have a completely different agenda and priorities, and the local authority has to reconcile the two parties within the framework of the planning regulations set by the Government.
Even without recent legislation introducing requirements for developers to ‘engage’ with local communities, it has been shown consistently that planning applications are successful more often, and are achieved more quickly, when the community and stakeholders are involved early in the development process.
Chelgate’s Property & Development Division has almost two decades’ experience of working with developers, and with consultants, in engaging communities and stakeholders in a large spectrum of developments including residential, commercial, retail, transport infrastructure, utilities and even a national memorial.
The division is headed by Michael Hardware , who is probably unique in the industry. Not only does he have a house building and construction background, he is also a regular editorial contributor to several of the trade publications in the sector.
He is supported by an executive team which has many years’ experience as local councillors, including planning committee members, a number of former Parliament Candidates, and former and current journalists and environmental campaigners.
Services
We have developed a ‘menu’ of services to assist developers at various stages of the development programme. These include:
Planning evaluation – determining the prospect for obtaining planning consent, re-zoning or inclusion within local plans and planning frameworks. more>>
Pre-application stakeholder consultation – engaging the community at the development planning stage. more>>
Community engagement plan – devising and implementing an appropriate community engagement plan as part of the planning consultation process. more>>
Pre-committee stakeholder engagement – ensuring that all stakeholders have accurate information about the proposals. more>>
Issues and crisis management – effective assistance when a development proposal becomes a regional or national issue, or subject to the attention of environmental or other issue or pressure groups. more>>
Project support – providing community communications and relations throughout the project programme. more>>
For further information about Chelgate’s development planning and community relations services, please contact:
Michael Hardware
One Tanner Street
London SE1 3LE
t: 020 7939 7989
e: planning@chelgate.com
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