Sean Fielding is an Associate Director with Public Affairs Consultants Cavendish. He provides strategic communications advice to developer clients seeking planning consents for a varied range of projects, as well as advising boards on how to navigate the local government landscape and engage constructively with elected member stakeholders from all different political backgrounds.

He joined Cavendish in 2021 after three years as Leader of Oldham Council where he was the architect of the Council’s “Creating a Better Place” regeneration programme. The programme sought to make Oldham’s Town Centre economy more resilient in the face of the declining retail sector through housing-led regeneration, high-quality public realm and a vibrant hospitality and cultural offer.

Alongside his role at Cavendish Sean serves as a Councillor in Bolton, Greater Manchester, and holds the Cabinet portfolio for Adults and Community Housing. This brief includes homelessness, temporary accommodation and housing allocations. Sean has overseen the brief during a period which has seen a significant reduction in Council expenditure on temporary accommodation and the opening of Bolton’s first homes for social rent in more than a decade.