Weyside Urban Village - Communication Consultant

Weyside Urban Village ("WUV") is a major 41-hectare brownfield regeneration project that will transform a former utilities and industrial area on the eastern edge of Guildford into a sustainable new community. The Council anticipates that the development could deliver approximately 1,650 homes across a range of tenures, together with around 2,000 square metres of community space and 6,500 square metres of employment space.
The Council's role in the delivery of Weyside is that of master infrastructure developer, taking direct responsibility for the upfront funding, planning, and delivery of the enabling and strategic infrastructure required to unlock land for subsequent housing, employment, and community development. This includes delivery of utilities, highways, flood mitigation, and site remediation works to prepare development plots for onward disposal and construction by delivery partners.
Over the past 5 years, the Council has been progressing with construction of these enabling works including:
• Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace -
• Onsite Infrastructure
• Offsite Infrastructure
• New Thames Water Sewage Treatment Works
• New GBC depot
• Preparation of land parcels for housing delivery (Phases 1 and 3)
The Council is looking to appoint a suitably qualified Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Consultant to lead engagement and communications activity for the Weyside Urban Village project, ensuring that stakeholders are kept informed and involved, and that there are clear opportunities to promote and showcase the outcomes of the programme and how its various elements fit together.
Scope of services/ comms work plan
The successful consultant shall carefully manage this commission ensuring any variations/ changes to scope are provided in writing from GBC to the consultant prior to implementation.
The consultant will:
1. Review the project, the Council's objectives as owner and developer, and the previous planning history of the...