Richard M. Laming Email and Phone Number

Senior Director at Turley. He has been a trustee of the company and a main company board member since 2017. Richard combines a passion for design with understanding of the social and economic factors shaping great places. He is equally at home leading visions for places and masterplans as he is providing development advice and assessing the economic impact and social value of projects. Over his 24 year career in consultancy he has worked on major regeneration and development projects, founded and grown the national Economics, Business Cases & Funding team at Turley and worked at Board level to drive growth, develop talent and promote real estate digital transformation.His work includes strategies for repurposing town centres, regenerating seaside towns, creating new settlements, major employment locations and infrastructure development. Successes include: helping to secure one of the largest Town Deals nationally (£37.5m, Southport); £38 million funding for acquisition of Blackpool Tower and Winter Gardens; £60 million funding for coalfield community regeneration in South and West Yorkshire; £94 million market renewal funding in Pennine Lancashire and project appraisal and strategy for the £300m National Coalfields Programme. He has also successfully led economic and social case making for large and complex development such as the expansion of Pinewood Studios into a global film hub. He is currently advising clients on delivery of new settlements with capacity for around 20,000 new homes and the 4,500 home Holt Town scheme in East Manchester.His company board role currently involves:1. Oversight of the UK and Ireland Economics teams2. Leading on corporate strategy and innovation3. Encouraging digital innovation in planning and related services4. Senior Director champion for IED and gender mainstreaming in planning5. Mentoring and sponsoring the next generation of talented leaders