P4 PLANNING - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Assistant Planner
- MPlan ( Assistant Planner )
Alex joined P4 Planning in September 2022 as an Assistant Planner, having previously graduated with a first class ‘Masters of Planning' degree from the University of Manchester. During his studies, he focused on Environmental and Health Impact Assessments and wrote a dissertation exploring alternatives to the Greater Manchester Green Belt. Alex also has an interest in transportation and transport planning, having spent a summer working for Vectos Transport Planning.
Having grown up in Switzerland, Alex enjoys hiking and mountain biking in the Alps and in the countryside around Manchester. He spent the summer before starting his career traveling extensively around Europe by train.
Anne provides the team with part time admin and HR support and book keeping, alongside running her own online retail business Giggle Knickers!
In her spare time Anne loves gardening, swimming and yoga and has recently taken up golf (describing herself as terrible at the moment!). Anne also loves a wide variety of music from the Prodigy to Maria Callas, with her favourite song being ‘Ticket to Ride' by The Beatles.
Job Titles:
- Dip TP Dip UD MRTPI ( Managing Director )
Bill graduated in 1990 and is an established expert in his field. He worked in planning consultancy in London for 10 years before relocating to Manchester in 2000 to set up an office for a small London firm that he helped grow into a top 10 national practice. In 2013 he founded P4 Planning and works closely with clients enhancing the value of real estate assets of all types through the planning system. Bill often leads project teams on major and complex proposals in sensitive locations. His experience encompasses retail, residential, education, commercial and major mixed-use developments in urban and rural environments across the UK. He thinks strategically, has great attention to detail and is an experienced expert witness.
In his personal time, Bill enjoys many sports, including rugby, golf, cycling and skiing and one of his personal goals is to ski in Japan. He has his work cut out being Grandpa to 8 grandchildren (so far)!
What was No1 in the UK charts when you were born? Procol Harum's ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale'
Job Titles:
- Director
- MPlan MRTPI ( Director )
Gillian graduated from the University of Manchester in 2009 with a Masters degree in Planning. She has worked both in consultancy and client side and joined P4P in 2019. Gillian previously worked at Indigo Planning and Walsingham Planning as well The Peel Group working on a range of projects, with a particular focus on residential and commercial planning. Gillian has experience in dealing with a wide range of planning matters and managing large multi discipline project teams, with in depth knowledge of residential development and in working with designated heritage assets.
In her spare time, Gill loves skiing and camping with her family and friends. Her love for all things heritage spills over into her personal life and she enjoys visiting castles and stately homes. A lifetime fan of Gary Barlow, when at home, she loves cuddles with her gorgeous silver tabby BSH cat, Hugo and Ragdoll, Casper.
Job Titles:
- MTCP ( Hons ) MRTPI ( Consultant )
Jayshree graduated with a Masters in Town Planning from The University of Manchester in 2007 and acts as a Consultant for P4. She has over 14 years experience in private consultancy and has been a chartered member of the RTPI since 2009. Jayshree specialises in retail, commercial and residential projects including retail impact assessments, EIAs and appeals. She has previously worked for Manchester City Council, Savills, Walsingham Planning and Indigo Planning. She is commercially minded and is experienced at managing projects from inception to completion.
Jayshree is a self-taught bricklayer and tiler, recently having built her family their very own pizza oven. To add to her varied skill set, Jayshree hopes to one day learn how to snowboard. In three words, Jayshree would describe herself as: energetic, committed, mother.
What was No1 in the UK charts when you were born? Wham. But a couple of months later it would've been Last Christmas which is infinitely better.
Laine is very approachable and possesses great project management alongside the quality management skills. After working in recruitment for four years matching candidates with roles in the built environment sector, she has spent the last eight years focusing her skills within office and service quality management.
Job Titles:
- MTCP MRTPI ( Senior Town Planner )
- Senior Town Planner
Samantha joined the P4 team in March 2023 as a senior planner.
Samantha is from Singapore and moved to the UK around 10 years ago for university. Prior to joining P4 Planning, she worked with in private practice where she specialised in retail planning and jointly coordinated Lidl's planning applications for the Yorkshire and Humberside region.
Life in Singapore looked quite different to her planning career: she trained as an actor and worked at Universal Studios Singapore as well as performing in Chingay, Singapore's biggest annual cultural street parade.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- MRTPI ( Associate )
Thomas graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2013 with a Masters degree in Town and Regional Planning. Since graduating, he has worked in private practice in Leeds and Greater Manchester and joined P4 Planning in 2020. Thomas has worked extensively with private developers, local authority and community sector clients. This has enabled him to have a commercially minded and detailed understanding of the planning process, enabling him to advise clients on a variety of different projects. Thomas is keen to forge relationships and is often networking with fellow professionals.
In his spare time, Tom loves football (the red ones), hiking, cooking and golf. A lover of travel having lived in Canada and Japan before settling in Manchester, he would love to attend the Hong Kong Sevens championship one day.