If you want to succeed, you must consider how the opinions of politicians, local communities and other groups can impact on your plans.

No one knows this better than the PLMR team, which comprises consultants with many years experience of the UK’s planning system, at all levels, including serving as elected politicians on local authority planning committees and helping organisations obtain planning permission across the length and breadth of Britain.

We know exactly how the decision making process works. We identify your key local opinion formers and decision takers, their aspirations and concerns. We then formulate and implement communications and consultation strategies that proactively address these issues. We deliver knowledge-led consultation projects designed to positively promote developments to local communities, local authority representatives and interested third parties. We are also very good at working hand in hand with architects, planning consultants, transport engineers, and environmental experts.

Our range of services to help you secure planning permission includes:

• Preliminary contact with key audiences
• Full campaign support including organisation of public exhibition and full community consultation
• Pre-application public exhibition
• Statements of Public Consultation production
• Post-submission briefing packs
• Direct Councillor contact
• Pre-committee report analysis and response
• Committee speech production and delivery
• Ongoing support post committee including public enquiry support

Read about our work in successfully securing planning permission in East Grinstead.