Turley Associates announces seven promotions and central London drive
Press release: 8 June 2011
Planning and urban design consultancy Turley Associates has announced seven promotions and a new drive to capitalise on its expertise in central London.
The following planners and urban designers are promoted. Will Lingard in London and Stuart Irvine in Southampton are both promoted to Director. Gareth Barton in Bristol and Marianne McCallum in Leeds are both promoted to Associate Director. Thomas Bell in Belfast and Rebecca Palmer in Leeds are promoted to Senior Planner.
Rob Lucas, Chief Executive, Turley Associates said: "It gives me great pleasure to announce these promotions. All have worked extremely hard to deliver outstanding client service and they should be proud of their achievements. My congratulations go to them all."
The company has also promoted Paul Deehan, Director of Business Services, to Executive Director and a place on Turley Associates' Board. Manchester-based Paul is responsible for Turley Associates' finance, IT, administration and HR functions. The promotions took effect from 1 June.
Turley Associates also announced that Director Michael Lowndes is to take up the leadership of its planning and urban design work in London. The change in role is enabled by the recent promotion of Matt Quayle to Head of Urban Design, a role formerly held by Mike.
Rob adds: "As a leading planning and urban design consultancy Turley Associates has built up a considerable track record of successful central London work including some of the Capital's highest profile mixed use and residential schemes. We plan to develop this further with the strengthened and experienced service team based at Savile Row under Mike's leadership."
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Will Lingard has extensive experience in negotiating complex planning consents throughout London and the South East. He has advised on developments in the Soho and Bayswater conversation areas, at the London School of Economics and secured permission for a 4,000 seat place of worship at the Gaumont Theatre.
Stuart Irvine has 14 years' experience in the leisure, residential and commercial sectors. He has advised, amongst others, on the application for a 47,000 sq m eco friendly distribution centre at Didcot and a 75,000 sq m corporate HQ business park in Southampton.
Marianne McCallum joined Turley Associates in 2008 and has acted on a number of major regeneration and retail schemes, including Heaton in Newcastle upon Tyne and Packlington in North Yorkshire.
Rebecca Palmer also joined Turley Associates in 2008 and offers considerable expertise in retail and healthcare schemes. Rebecca has, amongst other successes, secured planning permission for a major extension to a supermarket in Sunderland and an extension to a low secure mental health hospital in Lincolnshire.
Belfast based Thomas Bell focuses on representing financial institutions and private individuals. He is also part of the company's minerals and waste sector team.
Gareth Barton divides his time between the company's Bristol and Cardiff offices and formed part of the team that provided planning advice for the St David's 2 scheme in Cardiff.
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About Turley Associates
Turley Associates is the UK's leading independent planning and urban design consultancy. The company operates from 10 offices - London, Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast - and has market leading expertise in planning, urban design, masterplanning, sustainability and heritage. The company has a strong reputation in the residential, retail, infrastructure, energy, health, education, sports and leisure, waste, minerals and mining and financial sectors.