{"id":36,"date":"2022-06-14T12:14:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T12:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp2.efforttech.com\/newwp\/aelpa\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2026-02-07T16:10:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T16:10:31","slug":"how-we-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/object.now\/site\/how-we-help\/","title":{"rendered":"How We Help"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"36\" class=\"elementor elementor-36\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3782832 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3782832\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9b2124\" data-id=\"f9b2124\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f40773 elementor-widget elementor-widget-aelpa_report_section\" data-id=\"7f40773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aelpa_report_section.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    \n    <section class=\"report-section\">\n        <div class=\"auto-container\">\n            <div class=\"row clearfix\">\n            \n                <!-- Content Column -->\n                <div class=\"content-column col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-sm-12\">\n                    <div class=\"inner-column\">\n                                                <div class=\"sec-title\">\n                            <div class=\"title\">Focused on Success<\/div>                            <h2>Everyone is <br> entitled to the preservation <br> of amenity under the Electricity Act<\/h2>                            <div class=\"text\">People are not expected to accept harm to their homes, health, or surroundings simply to deliver energy infrastructure. The law requires that community impacts are properly considered and that public wellbeing is not treated as an acceptable casualty of development.<\/div>                        <\/div>\n                                                <!-- Fact Counter -->\n                        <div class=\"fact-counter\">\n                            <div class=\"row clearfix\">\n                                                                <!-- Column -->\n                                <div class=\"column counter-column col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-sm-12\">\n                                    <div class=\"inner wow fadeInLeft\" data-wow-delay=\"0ms\" data-wow-duration=\"1500ms\">\n                                        <div class=\"content\">\n                                                                                        <div class=\"count-outer count-box\">\n                                                <span class=\"count-text\" data-speed=\"3500\" data-stop=\"30\">0<\/span>k<i>+<\/i>                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                        <div class=\"counter-title\">Objections Submitted<\/div>                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                                <!-- Column -->\n                                <div class=\"column counter-column col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-sm-12\">\n                                    <div class=\"inner wow fadeInLeft\" data-wow-delay=\"0ms\" data-wow-duration=\"1500ms\">\n                                        <div class=\"content\">\n                                                                                        <div class=\"count-outer count-box\">\n                                                <span class=\"count-text\" data-speed=\"3500\" data-stop=\"100\">0<\/span>k<i>+<\/i>                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                        <div class=\"counter-title\">Emails Sent to Public Authorities<\/div>                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                <ul class=\"list\">\n                                                           <li>Individually written for you<\/li>\n                                                           <li>Formally accepted by authorities<\/li>\n                                                           <li>Safe, secure, and private<\/li>\n                                                    <\/ul>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                <!-- Image Column -->\n                <div 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elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"db5c9ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed7a80f\" data-id=\"ed7a80f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d921a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-aelpa_our_mission_v3\" data-id=\"7d921a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aelpa_our_mission_v3.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    \n    <section class=\"mission-section style-two\">\n        <div class=\"auto-container\">\n                        <!-- Sec Title -->\n            <div class=\"sec-title centered\">\n                <div class=\"title\">PUBLIC VOICES MATTER<\/div>                <h2>Everyone deserves <br> the right to object.<\/h2>            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"row clearfix\">\n                                <!-- Content Column -->\n                <div class=\"content-column col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-sm-12\">\n                    <div class=\"inner-column\">\n                        <div class=\"bold-text\">Over 30,000 people used ObjectNow to have their objections heard in 2025.<\/div>                        <p>This enabled people across the UK to take part in planning decisions affecting their lives and communities.<\/p>\n\n<p>Through clear guidance and accessible tools, people submitted informed objections to councils, governments, and decision makers who are legally required to consider them.<\/p>\n\n<p>Each submission represents a real person choosing to speak up, ensuring public voices are recorded, counted, and taken seriously.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>We can help you be heard.<\/strong><\/p>                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                <!-- Counter Column -->\n                <div class=\"counter-column col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-sm-12\">\n                    <div class=\"inner-column\">\n                        \n                        <!-- Fact Counter -->\n                        <div class=\"fact-counter style-two\">\n                            <div class=\"row clearfix\">\n                                                                <!-- Column -->\n                                <div class=\"column counter-column col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-12\">\n                                    <div class=\"inner wow fadeInLeft\" data-wow-delay=\"0ms\" data-wow-duration=\"1500ms\">\n                                        <div class=\"content\">\n                                                                                        <div class=\"count-outer count-box\">\n                                                <span class=\"count-text\" data-speed=\"3500\" data-stop=\"3\">0<\/span> Steps                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                        <div class=\"counter-title\">Clear, guided process<\/div>                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                                <!-- Column -->\n                                <div class=\"column counter-column col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-12\">\n                                    <div class=\"inner wow fadeInLeft\" data-wow-delay=\"0ms\" data-wow-duration=\"1500ms\">\n                                        <div class=\"content\">\n                                                                                        <div class=\"count-outer count-box\">\n                                                <span class=\"count-text\" data-speed=\"3500\" data-stop=\"1\">0<\/span> Click                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                        <div class=\"counter-title\">Submit your objection<\/div>                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                                <!-- Column -->\n                                <div class=\"column counter-column col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-12\">\n                                    <div class=\"inner wow fadeInLeft\" data-wow-delay=\"0ms\" data-wow-duration=\"1500ms\">\n                                        <div class=\"content\">\n                                                                                        <div class=\"count-outer count-box\">\n                                                <span class=\"count-text\" data-speed=\"3500\" data-stop=\"2\">0<\/span> Mins                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                        <div class=\"counter-title\">From start to sent<\/div>                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                                <!-- Column -->\n                                <div class=\"column counter-column col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-12\">\n                                    <div class=\"inner wow fadeInLeft\" data-wow-delay=\"0ms\" data-wow-duration=\"1500ms\">\n                                        <div class=\"content\">\n                                                                                        <div class=\"count-outer count-box\">\n                                                <span class=\"count-text\" data-speed=\"3500\" data-stop=\"100\">0<\/span>%                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                        <div class=\"counter-title\">Valid submissions<\/div>                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                               <ul class=\"list\">\n                                                           <li><strong>Not templates. Real objections<\/strong><\/li>\n                                                           <li><strong>Sent directly to decision makers<\/strong><\/li>\n                                                           <li><strong>Counted, logged, and considered<\/strong><\/li>\n                                                    <\/ul>\n                                                                        <!-- Button Box -->\n                        <div class=\"button-box\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/object.now\/site\/contact\/\" class=\"theme-btn btn-style-one\"><span class=\"txt\">Contact Us Today<\/span><\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <!-- End Button Box -->\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                \n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a6dc33 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a6dc33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2884524\" data-id=\"2884524\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b2a04a elementor-widget elementor-widget-aelpa_our_features_v1\" data-id=\"5b2a04a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aelpa_our_features_v1.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    \n    <section class=\"involved-section style-three\">\n        <div class=\"auto-container\">\n                        <!-- Sec Title -->\n            <div class=\"sec-title centered\">\n                <h2>Making the Planning System Work for People<\/h2>\n            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"row clearfix\">\n                                <!-- Involve Block -->\n                <div class=\"involve-block-two col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-sm-12\">\n                    <div class=\"inner-box\">\n                        <div class=\"image\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/object.now\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/no.png\" alt=\"Awesome Image\" \/>\n                                                        <!-- Overlay Box -->\n                            <div class=\"overlay-box\">\n                                <div class=\"content\">\n                                    <span class=\"icon flaticon-check-2\"><\/span>                                    <h3>We explain the proposal<\/h3>                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                <!-- Involve Block -->\n                <div class=\"involve-block-two col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-sm-12\">\n                    <div class=\"inner-box\">\n                        <div class=\"image\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/object.now\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valid.png\" alt=\"Awesome Image\" \/>\n                                                        <!-- Overlay Box -->\n                            <div class=\"overlay-box\">\n                                <div class=\"content\">\n                                    <span class=\"icon flaticon-check-2\"><\/span>                                    <h3>We help you object properly<\/h3>                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n     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<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n  \n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a1a57d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a1a57d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cbf4b87\" data-id=\"cbf4b87\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cacbf98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-aelpa_our_stories_v3\" data-id=\"cacbf98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aelpa_our_stories_v3.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    \n    <section class=\"story-section style-two\">\n        <div class=\"auto-container\">\n            <div class=\"row clearfix\">\n            \n                <!-- Content Column -->\n                <div class=\"content-column col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-sm-12\">\n                    <div class=\"inner-column\">\n                                                <div class=\"sec-title\">\n                            <div class=\"title\">CLARITY AND CONFIDENCE<\/div>                            <h2>Turning Complexity into Clarity<\/h2>                        <\/div>\n                                                \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\"><p>One of ObjectNow\u2019s core functions is breaking down complex planning applications into understandable, relevant information. <\/p>\n<p>The platform helps users identify what is being proposed, which policies apply, and where potential issues or inconsistencies exist within the developer\u2019s submission. This allows people to engage with planning on substance rather than emotion alone. <\/p>\n<p>By providing structure and guidance, ObjectNow enables users to respond to proposals with clarity and confidence, even where they have no prior experience of the planning system.<\/p><\/div>                        \n\t\t\t\t\t\t                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                <!-- Image Column -->\n                <div class=\"image-column col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-sm-12\">\n                    <div class=\"inner-column wow fadeInLeft\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\" data-wow-duration=\"1500ms\">\n                        <div class=\"image parallax-scene-5\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" data-depth=\"0.30\" src=\"https:\/\/object.now\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/landscape-wales-1.webp\" alt=\"Awesome Image\" \/>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n \n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c629e2 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c629e2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d35e65\" data-id=\"2d35e65\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40e1508 elementor-widget elementor-widget-aelpa_our_stories_v3\" data-id=\"40e1508\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aelpa_our_stories_v3.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    \n    <section class=\"story-section style-two\">\n        <div class=\"auto-container\">\n            <div class=\"row clearfix\">\n            \n                <!-- Content Column -->\n                <div class=\"content-column col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-sm-12\">\n                    <div class=\"inner-column\">\n                                                <div class=\"sec-title\">\n                            <div class=\"title\">PARTICIPATION THAT CARRIES WEIGHT<\/div>                            <h2>From Personal Concern to Legal Submissions<\/h2>                        <\/div>\n                                                \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\"><p>ObjectNow does not encourage informal comments or generic objections that can be easily dismissed.<\/p>\n\n<p>Instead, it helps individuals submit structured objections that align with planning policy, statutory duties, and material considerations.<\/p>\n\n<p>Each objection is generated for a real person, based on the specific application, and submitted directly to the relevant authority. This ensures that objections are formally recorded, counted, and required to be considered as part of the legal decision making process.<\/p>\n\n<p>The result is participation that carries weight rather than being treated as background noise.<\/p><\/div>                        \n\t\t\t\t\t\t                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                <!-- Image Column -->\n                <div class=\"image-column col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-sm-12\">\n                    <div class=\"inner-column wow fadeInLeft\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\" data-wow-duration=\"1500ms\">\n                        <div class=\"image parallax-scene-5\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" data-depth=\"0.30\" src=\"https:\/\/object.now\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/welcome-image.webp\" alt=\"Awesome Image\" \/>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n \n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-412d3bc elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"412d3bc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0c56a1\" data-id=\"d0c56a1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8aae981 elementor-widget elementor-widget-aelpa_our_stories_v3\" data-id=\"8aae981\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aelpa_our_stories_v3.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    \n    <section class=\"story-section style-two\">\n        <div class=\"auto-container\">\n            <div class=\"row clearfix\">\n            \n                <!-- Content Column -->\n                <div class=\"content-column col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-sm-12\">\n                    <div class=\"inner-column\">\n                                                <div class=\"sec-title\">\n                            <div class=\"title\">POLICY GROUNDED OBJECTIONS<\/div>                            <h2>Supporting Community Campaigns in Scotland<\/h2>                        <\/div>\n                                                \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\"><p>In Scotland, ObjectNow has played a key role in helping local communities respond to major energy infrastructure proposals.<\/p> <p>Rather than acting as a campaign body, ObjectNow provides practical tools that enable individuals to submit high quality, evidence based objections in their own name, ensuring every voice is formally recorded.<\/p> <p>This has been especially important in relation to the proposed SSEN 400 kV overhead line in northern Scotland, where concerns include landscape impact, environmental damage, agricultural disruption, and community wellbeing.<\/p> <p>By enabling large numbers of consistent, policy grounded objections, ObjectNow strengthened community scrutiny within the formal planning framework and helped prompt councils across northern Scotland to raise objections across multiple sections of the proposal.<\/p><\/div>                        \n\t\t\t\t\t\t                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                <!-- Image Column -->\n                <div class=\"image-column col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-sm-12\">\n                    <div class=\"inner-column wow fadeInLeft\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\" data-wow-duration=\"1500ms\">\n                        <div class=\"image parallax-scene-5\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" data-depth=\"0.30\" src=\"https:\/\/object.now\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SSEN-Pylons-Scotland.webp\" alt=\"Awesome Image\" \/>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n \n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e91251 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e91251\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-705e893\" 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Wales<\/h2>                        <\/div>\n                                                \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\"><p>ObjectNow has also had a clear and measurable impact in Wales, where the platform has been used to scrutinise complex planning applications submitted to Planning and Environment Decisions Wales.<\/p> <p>In one notable case, analysis and objections generated through ObjectNow helped expose serious shortcomings in a developer\u2019s submission, raising issues that had not been adequately addressed.<\/p> <p>These findings were significant enough to contribute to the application being paused while further information was formally requested.<\/p> <p>This outcome shows that when public engagement is informed, structured, and evidence based, it can directly influence how planning decisions are examined and progressed.<\/p><\/div>                        \n\t\t\t\t\t\t                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                <!-- Image 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