NEPTUNE ARCHITECTURAL - Key Persons

David O'Connor - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Founder of Neptune
  • Managing Director of Neptune
David O'Connor, founder of Neptune started in 2008 at the Peak District National Park - an area with some of the strictest planning and design requirements in the country. David has worked with a number of local authorities including Tamworth, Cannock Chase, Stratford Upon Avon and Bolsover District Councils as well as working closely with Lichfield, North Warwickshire and Birmingham City on a range of developments. With a Masters Degree in Town and Regional Planning, David is a Chartered Town Planner with full membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). David's town planning experience is extensive and includes EIA work for major development projects up to 2500 dwellings, housing layouts, daylight/sunlight assessment and issues such as air quality impacts, nitrate deposition and biodiversity off-setting. David O'Connor is the experienced Managing Director of Neptune. Originally having worked for a number of Local Authorities, David is a Chartered Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and Member of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). David has broad urban and rural town planning experience with proposals for everything from agricultural developments and conversions, heritage proposals and commercial developments - all the way up to developments involving Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Major Urban Extension proposals (e.g. up to 2500 dwellings), Urban Design, air quality issues, nitrate deposition, detailed highways modelling and biodiversity off-setting. David has a strong interest in construction and technical design. At the same time he has a substantial interest in 3D design and the use of rendered imagery to convey ideas. This is used to good effect on both small and large scale developments to produce photorealistic video flythroughs and VR imagery in order that clients can fully immerse themselves in the proposals at an early stage.

Ryan Bayliss

Job Titles:
  • Senior Architectural Technologist
Ryan is an experienced & qualified Senior Architectural Technologist with demonstrated experience in the commercial, industrial and residential sectors of the industry. He has gained significant experience in architectural design with a strong technical background providing full design & project management services from conception through to completion & also completing 6 years of academic study of construction. Since joining Neptune Architectural Ryan has taken lead on several projects and used his experience to develop the skills of team members. Ryan's experience includes; petrol service stations (Shell & BP etc.), coffee shops (Starbucks & Costa), food retail (M&S, Budgens, Subway & Greggs etc.), distribution warehouses (TNT, FedEx), hotel developments, nursery schools, sport centres, new build dwellings, apartments, outbuildings, loft conversions extensions & several other residential projects etc.