Community engagement that's actually measurable.

Community consultation software is a category of tools that enables planning professionals, property developers and local authorities to create interactive digital microsites for engaging communities on proposed developments, infrastructure changes or local plans. A community consultation microsite typically includes rich media such as CGIs, 3D models and maps alongside structured comment collection — and, unlike a static document or a village hall exhibition, it provides measurable data on who engaged and how. Chalkroom delivers all of this in a single drag-and-drop platform with structured engagement tracking.

A traditional public exhibition — held in a village hall or community centre with physical boards — reaches only those who can attend in person during the event window. A digital consultation microsite can be visited at any time, on any device, by anyone in the affected community. It can include interactive media that physical boards cannot: 3D models, video, 360 walkthroughs and interactive maps. Crucially, digital consultation generates measurable evidence — records of who engaged, which parts of the scheme they spent time on, and when — that an in-person event cannot easily produce.

A Chalkroom consultation microsite can include CGIs and rendered imagery, embedded 3D models and 360 walkthroughs, interactive area plans and context maps, video content, structured text and descriptions of the scheme, live comment boxes tied to specific sections, and stakeholder segmentation so different audiences see content appropriate to their level of technical interest. All content is assembled in a drag-and-drop editor and delivered as a branded share link — no specialist technical support required.

Chalkroom records each stakeholder's engagement with the consultation microsite — which sections they visited, how long they spent on each, and when they accessed the content. This produces engagement data that can be included as supporting evidence in a Statement of Community Involvement or submitted to a planning inspector as evidence of meaningful engagement. Chalkroom does not constitute statutory compliance with any specific planning regulation or national policy — it provides the data and structured feedback that a consultant or applicant uses to compile their consultation evidence.

Interactive presentation tools for community consultation are platforms that go beyond static documents and physical boards to create engaging, measurable digital experiences for stakeholders. In a planning and development context, this includes tools that support 3D model embedding, interactive maps, CGI galleries, structured comment collection and per-stakeholder engagement analytics. Unlike generic presentation or document software, consultation-specific interactive tools also produce evidence of participation — records that can support planning applications and demonstrate meaningful community engagement to decision-makers.