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Planning & Development


Our staff are all highly qualified and experienced with their own special areas of expertise.
The Bureau has four Directors:

  • Jeff Clarke - Director Planning Services.  Jeff has extensive experience as a professional planner, senior manager, innovator, improver and designer spending most of his 30 year career working in local planning authorities.
  • Peter Gidney - Director Development Services.  Peter is an experienced manager and project manager working in both the public and private sectors, a planning design consultant and has extraordinary abilities as a problem solver.
  • Mark Loake - Director Design Services.  Mark is an accomplished designer working with CAD using his practical foundation of 15 years experience in the building industry.
  • Linda Howe - Company Secretary.  Linda has extensive experience of company management and business development based primarily in the retail sector.  She is the Managing Director of her own successful company ‘Create & Style’.

Senior Associates

  • Douglas Currie – Is an experienced Civil Engineer specialising in dredging projects and reclamation works in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, India. and Africa. He has been a General Manager, Managing Director, Consultant and also heads a payroll company.
  • André Holden - André has a 45 year career as a senior manager/director with companies undertaking large scale developments in China, India, Middle East, Hong Kong, South America and Europe.  He is also an author/editor in the professional press.

Specialist Associates

  • The Bureau works with Specialist Associates providing a full range of services including: Development Control and Planning Appeals; Building Regulations; SAP/SBEM and Environmental Impact Ratings; Environmental Assessments/Design; Landscape Design; Structural Engineering and Sound Testing/Design.

    Please Contact us if you need more information about Bureau Personnel including career profiles or our Quality Performance Charter.