Strategic communications advice & support

what we do

We help our clients navigate communications challenges to achieve their goals - delivering industry-leading advice and support to connect with communities and guide projects to successful outcomes.

our approach

We understand the political and communication challenges of navigating the UK’s planning system. Successful projects need expert advice, strategic support, and effective stakeholder engagement to make their voices heard and achieve positive outcomes.

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our Services

Connecting our Clients

Planning Communications

Luminate providing expert guidance on planning applications and navigating the UK planning system.

Tailored planning communications is the heart of what we do. By combining deep sector expertise with sharp political insight, we help clients de-risk their projects and secure vital support.

Our team has worked on projects of all scales and consenting routes across the UK—from Town & Country Planning Act applications to Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects under Development Consent Orders.

Luminate goes beyond engaging just the politicians, reaching the influencers who shape their decisions—business stakeholders, local communities, media, campaign groups, and more. With proven skills and hands-on experience, we create strategies that build trust, foster collaboration and drive projects to success.

Let us help you navigate the political landscape and make a lasting impact.

Our Key Services

Political Liaison
Stakeholder Engagement
National Infrastructure Promotion
Site acquisition risk assessment & due diligence
Strategic Land promotion
Construction Communications

Consultation & Digital Engagement

Luminate conducting thorough community consultations and delivering insightful reports.

We specialise in delivering innovative, best-in-class public engagement, helping clients across diverse sectors connect with communities and share their stories effectively.

While we ensure all technical and legal consultation requirements are met, we believe compliance doesn't have to be dull. Our approach combines creativity with rigour, crafting engagement programmes that are as dynamic as they are robust.

With a proven track record of delivering award-winning public consultation campaigns on projects of all scales and types, we know how to foster collaboration to achieve meaningful results.

Let us help you turn engagement into a powerful tool for success.

Our Key Services

Community Events
National Infrastructure Planning
Informal & Statutory Public Consultations
Focus Groups
Polling
Door to door surveys
Digital Consultation
Virtual Exhibitions

Public Affairs

Luminate guiding clients through the complexities of the political landscape, building strategic relationships.

For over a decade, we have been guiding clients through the complexities of the political landscape, building strategic relationships and addressing key political challenges with clarity and focus.

Our team has significant expertise in supporting organisations to raise their profiles and achieve stakeholder engagement objectives at all levels—local, regional, and national.

With a tailored approach and proven experience, we ensure our clients connect with the right stakeholders, foster meaningful relationships and deliver tangible outcomes.

Let us help you navigate the political landscape with confidence.

Our Key Services

Government Relations
Profile Raising
Strategic Communications

Public Relations

Luminate helping clients achieve success and recognition for their projects.

At Luminate, we understand the power of integrated and impactful PR. Our comprehensive media strategies and campaigns are designed to craft engaging narratives and connect them with the right audiences across the media landscape, from traditional outlets to digital platforms.

Whether you’re looking to build brand awareness through national or international media, share compelling stories with local communities, or amplify your message through word-of-mouth campaigns, local press, and influencers, we provide bespoke consultancy tailored to your goals.

With high-quality counsel and a focus on tangible results, Luminate ensures your message cuts through and makes an impact where it matters most.

Our Key Services

Press office
Media Relations
Community Relations
Influencers
Case Study Development
Content and Social Strategies

Creative Services

Luminate crafting compelling narratives and impactful visuals to capture attention and drives action for our clients.

Our talented team of digital and design experts bring ideas, strategies, and campaigns to life—mobilising, challenging, and educating the audiences that matter most to our clients.

We believe creativity and digital tools, when used effectively, can be game-changers for projects. They have the power to draw out the silent majority and turn stakeholders into passionate advocates.

With the skills and experience to craft compelling narratives and impactful visuals, our creative team ensures your project doesn’t just tell its story but captures attention and drives action.

Let us help you create meaningful connections and achieve your goals.

Our Key Services

Video Production
Print & Digital Design
Animation
Social Content Creation
Digital Advertising
Visual Identity & Branding

our Services

Connecting our Clients

Planning Communications

Luminate providing expert guidance on planning applications and navigating the UK planning system.

Tailored planning communications is the heart of what we do. By combining deep sector expertise with sharp political insight, we help clients de-risk their projects and secure vital support.

Our team has worked on projects of all scales and consenting routes across the UK—from Town & Country Planning Act applications to Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects under Development Consent Orders.

Luminate goes beyond engaging just the politicians, reaching the influencers who shape their decisions—business stakeholders, local communities, media, campaign groups, and more. With proven skills and hands-on experience, we create strategies that build trust, foster collaboration and drive projects to success.

Let us help you navigate the political landscape and make a lasting impact.

Our Key Services

Political Liaison
Stakeholder Engagement
National Infrastructure Promotion
Site acquisition risk assessment & due diligence
Strategic Land promotion
Construction Communications

Consultation & Digital Engagement

Luminate conducting thorough community consultations and delivering insightful reports.

We specialise in delivering innovative, best-in-class public engagement, helping clients across diverse sectors connect with communities and share their stories effectively.

While we ensure all technical and legal consultation requirements are met, we believe compliance doesn't have to be dull. Our approach combines creativity with rigour, crafting engagement programmes that are as dynamic as they are robust.

With a proven track record of delivering award-winning public consultation campaigns on projects of all scales and types, we know how to foster collaboration to achieve meaningful results.

Let us help you turn engagement into a powerful tool for success.

Our Key Services

Community Events
National Infrastructure Planning
Informal & Statutory Public Consultations
Focus Groups
Polling
Door to door surveys
Digital Consultation
Virtual Exhibitions

Public Affairs

Luminate guiding clients through the complexities of the political landscape, building strategic relationships.

For over a decade, we have been guiding clients through the complexities of the political landscape, building strategic relationships and addressing key political challenges with clarity and focus.

Our team has significant expertise in supporting organisations to raise their profiles and achieve stakeholder engagement objectives at all levels—local, regional, and national.

With a tailored approach and proven experience, we ensure our clients connect with the right stakeholders, foster meaningful relationships and deliver tangible outcomes.

Let us help you navigate the political landscape with confidence.

Our Key Services

Government Relations
Profile Raising
Strategic Communications

Public Relations

Luminate helping clients achieve success and recognition for their projects.

At Luminate, we understand the power of integrated and impactful PR. Our comprehensive media strategies and campaigns are designed to craft engaging narratives and connect them with the right audiences across the media landscape, from traditional outlets to digital platforms.

Whether you’re looking to build brand awareness through national or international media, share compelling stories with local communities, or amplify your message through word-of-mouth campaigns, local press, and influencers, we provide bespoke consultancy tailored to your goals.

With high-quality counsel and a focus on tangible results, Luminate ensures your message cuts through and makes an impact where it matters most.

Our Key Services

Press office
Media Relations
Community Relations
Influencers
Case Study Development
Content and Social Strategies

Creative Services

Luminate crafting compelling narratives and impactful visuals to capture attention and drives action for our clients.

Our talented team of digital and design experts bring ideas, strategies, and campaigns to life—mobilising, challenging, and educating the audiences that matter most to our clients.

We believe creativity and digital tools, when used effectively, can be game-changers for projects. They have the power to draw out the silent majority and turn stakeholders into passionate advocates.

With the skills and experience to craft compelling narratives and impactful visuals, our creative team ensures your project doesn’t just tell its story but captures attention and drives action.

Let us help you create meaningful connections and achieve your goals.

Our Key Services

Video Production
Print & Digital Design
Animation
Social Content Creation
Digital Advertising
Visual Identity & Branding
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Luminate advocating for renewable energy projects and helping clients achieve Net Zero targets.Luminate advocating for renewable energy projects and helping clients achieve Net Zero targets.

our focus

We provide a range of tailored solutions to help our clients connect with key audiences. Delivered by an expert team with a proven track record working with leading names across energy, infrastructure and development.

Meeting your biggest challenges

Strategic Communications advice & support

We deliver tailored, strategic support through expert teams with proven success in energy, infrastructure and development projects. Combining insight, networks and deep expertise, we connect our clients with the audiences that matter to them.

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Development

How can we engage and win support from key stakeholders for much-needed new housing?

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Infrastructure

How can we positively communicate the local benefits of infrastructure projects that will serve wider society in the long term?

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Energy

How can we advocate for the green energy transition and demonstrate that it is not coming at the cost of our countryside?

Delivering success

We have the potential to power 4 million homes through our energy projects, which are currently undergoing active consultation and engagement.

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Luminate supporting development projects across the UK, from housing to infrastructure.

what our clients say

I’ve worked with the senior team at Luminate for years in my roles with multiple developers, and trust them to lead the communications work to support me on complex development projects.

I would highly recommend them.

Matthew Besant – Senior Planning Manager, Places for People

Community engagement and consultation is absolutely key to our business, and the team’s advice in these areas has helped us on many challenging sites.

I’ve no hesitation recommending them to any of our contacts in the development industry.

Adam O’Brien – Managing Director, Metis Homes

Luminate have helped us demonstrate strong public support for our project in the face of opposition from vocal, local minority opposition groups.

Having worked with the senior team there for many years, I know they will deliver results.

Kirill Glukhovskoy – Managing Director, AQUIND Ltd.

Luminate is a reliable partner delivering exceptional marketing support and communications advisory services to our team.

The team support us on communication and engagement strategy for local projects in the UK and provide general agency support to some of our global workstreams like community engagement and sustainability.

It’s a great pleasure working with Ally, Laura and the team.

Liza Gray – Commercial Marketing Strategy Director, EMEA & Power Markets, Lightsource bp