A project website reaches a wide number of people, providing time for meaningful feedback and opportunities to share and update information about a scheme. They can include videos, interactive maps, resource pages and fly-throughs giving a real feel for a site.
Engage prepares professionally designed consultation leaflets and feedback forms. These can be produced as a standalone consultation or with a project website to reach a wider audience.
Creating a brand identity can really add value. The brand identity can connect all elements of a project’s consultation programme, from the website and social media posts to leaflets and exhibition materials. It helps to create a sense of place for a new development, reflecting the key characteristics of the area and the aspirations of the local community.
Workshops enable councillors, local stakeholders and residents to discuss proposals for a development in depth, drawing on local knowledge and experience to help shape the proposals in a creative and meaningful way.
We will produce a Statement of Community Engagement, detailing all the consultation that has taken place, together with the developer’s response to issues raised. This document will form part of the planning application.
We liaise with the local media to publicise our consultations using both print and digital assets. We issue press releases and arrange press briefings where appropriate. We can monitor local media to help analyse key issues within the community.
Social media can be used to reach a wide audience enabling greater feedback and involvement from a wider population. Social media advertisements can link the audience to the consultation website for further engagement with a project’s proposals.
Our team manages these events from beginning to end. This includes researching and booking venues, creating mailing lists, sending invitations, advertising, copywriting, high-quality graphic design and print of exhibition display materials. We attend and prepare a report following the event.
A community and political audit can feed into a project at an early stage, providing an analysis of the local community, its politics and its key aspirations.
We can commission independent market research to gauge opinion towards future development and to gain a deeper understanding of an area, the market and its needs.
Establishing relationships with councillors and wider community representatives is an essential part of any project. Our experienced team will organise meetings with councillors and stakeholders to discuss a project.
Stakeholder Steering Groups enable local representatives to meet with the project team on a regular basis. These are particularly helpful for long-term projects where it is important the community is kept fully involved as proposals progress.
“The standard of graphic presentation and slick organisation of our recent exhibition and Rushden East was first class and portrayed our business in the best light.”
“Thoroughly impressed with the professionalism and approach of Engage Planning to a recent two-day public consultation event. The materials prepared were of the highest standard and included a number of thoughtful and useful additions which I had not seen elsewhere.”
“We have found online consultation to be an excellent way to conduct community consultation. It has proved to be popular with local residents and stakeholders, reaching a wide demographic and generating a substantial amount of feedback, which stands up to scrutiny from local authorities.”
“Vistry have worked with Engage Planning across numerous projects of various sizes. We have always been impressed with the quality of service and the high professional standards employed by the Engage team. From websites through to consultation events the quality of service has been superb.”
“We have worked with Rachel for 14 years and she has consistently supported us and delivered professional, high-quality comms that have supported our business. Rachel is extremely personable, she listens, understands the brief and executes it perfectly every time!”
“Thanks for your support with the public consultation work stream and I am happy to confirm Engage Planning led the pre-application community engagement for two brownfield sites in Stoke-on-Trent. We were pleased with the organisation of the exhibition, the consultation materials produced and importantly, the level of attendance and engagement from the local community.”
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