I am a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute with 20 years’ experience in public and private sector planning.   I have a wide breadth of planning experience and depth of knowledge in all aspects of urban and rural planning.

Having worked in both the public and private sector, I have an excellent understanding of the requirements, expectations and constraints placed on both.  I have first-rate technical knowledge and first-hand experience of current planning legislation and national planning policy gained through practical application as a local authority senior development management planner and principal private sector consultant.

I provide clients with support and expertise in the following areas:

• site assessment and planning appraisals;
• pre-application planning advice;
• preparing, submitting and co-ordinating planning applications;
• advice on material and non-material amendments to approved schemes;
• permitted development right prior approvals (residential, commercial changes of use and agricultural prior approval development);
• planning appeals;
• third party letters of representation; and
• planning due diligence.

Over the years, I have been involved in a variety of development proposals including residential schemes, town and edge of centre commercial expansions and redevelopments, conversions and changes of use.  Outside towns and cities, I have experience of rural planning for housing, agricultural development and diversification, equestrian and viticulture developments as well as holiday and tourism development.  

I have successfully secured prior approval office to residential changes of use with additional floors of accommodation and extensive external alterations.  I have secured planning consent for clients in the charity sector, which includes mixed use schemes and affordable housing.  

I am experienced in all stages of the planning process from providing vital planning advice at the early stage through to post decision discharge of planning conditions.  I am a proven negotiator with excellent communication and project management skills.

I have specialist knowledge of planning in National Parks, where Government guidance places great weight on protection of the landscape and scenic beauty, and experience of planning in an historic environment.