Independent town planning consultancy based Fife. Offering the full range of town planning advisory services across Scotland N England. Approachable, personal, professional and proactive. The business is based on a trusted network of associates and experts in their field. Bring experience from a number of high profile projects but also skills and familiarity (with patience) to bring success to small or bespoke projects.Main Specialisms include:🔷strategic planning appraisal and strategies of multiple properties to assist clients grow their portfolios. 🔶Looking out for changes of use or innovative ways to add value to property🔷Initiating and leading on pre-application feasibility and testing of development proposals🔶Leading the preparation and submission of all scale and type of planning applications and related consents;🔷Planning strategies, including techniques for consultation and knowledge of local politics;🔶Community and stakeholder consultations (formal and informal);🔷Strategic development planning, including asset management;🔶Leading or supporting in the project management of consultancy teams;🔷Land use planning appraisals and site feasibility reports;🔶Proactive portfolio assessment/management including sourcing of prospects via network of contacts;🔷Promoting land and business / commercial interests through the development plan process;🔶Representation at planning committees, appeal hearings and inquiries and,🔷Maximising value through the planning process e.g. developer contribution and other obligation advice.🔶🔷Key sectors include - Housing, Commercial Property, Leisure and Sports in urban or rural locations.

Headed up Rapleys' Scottish town planning consultancy. Added value to assets and delivered new ideas. Skills applied: planning applications; development planning strategies for promotion; appeals including Public Local Inquiries and Hearings, other specialist planning requirements EIA, heritage and feasibility. Lead on community engagement and planning committee representations. Ran the Edinburgh team's marketing, financial reporting, recruitment and management of personnel.Main sector involvement: residential (strategic and small scale), leisure/sports resorts, countryside diversification, regeneration, retail commercial and roadside/automotive. Convenor (2017) RTPI East of Scotland ChapterRTPI Ambassador taking planning as a career into schools.

Assisted town planning team to generate town planning business in residential, leisure, renewable energy and commercial property sectors. Undertook written reporting of planning studies such as feasibility, economic cases, retail health check, housing land and environmental impact coordination. Other duties included project and client management; financial and performance monitoring and reporting and marketing of the planning services.

Planning consultant. Planning applications, promotion of land. Feasibility studies in economic development, regeneration, leisure and energy

Planning advice, permissions, representations, feasibility studies within multidisciplinary company.for energy, residential and public sector clients.