{"id":105795,"date":"2022-02-15T14:02:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T14:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=105795"},"modified":"2022-02-15T14:02:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T14:02:36","slug":"planning-consultancy-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/planning-consultancy-team\/105795\/","title":{"rendered":"WSP appoints Nigel Harris and Andrew Teage to its planning consultancy team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsp.com\/en-GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WSP<\/a> has announced two senior hires in its planning consultancy team in Birmingham and Liverpool, Nigel Harris and Andrew Teage<\/h2>\n<p>Nigel Harris joins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/bob-tong-joins-wsp\/99213\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WSP\u2019s planning<\/a> consultancy as director at the Birmingham office. He will help shape the future strategic direction of the firms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/wsp-planning-consultancy\/54687\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">national planning consultancy<\/a> offer.<\/p>\n<p>Harris is a chartered town planner with over 34 years of experience in the private and public sector. He previously held roles at Boyer as a director, at Knights as a partner, as director at Pegasus Planning and planning director at David Wilson Homes and Wilson Bowden Developments.<\/p>\n<p>He has also worked in a number of town planning services for Harborough, Rutland, and Stafford District Councils.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Teage joins WSP&#8217;s planning consultancy as director at the Liverpool office. He will work alongside senior colleagues to help shape the future strategic direction of WSP\u2019s national planning consultancy offer.<\/p>\n<p>Teage has over 20 years of experience in town planning and is a chartered town planner. He has experience in delivering a full range of town planning services, from making the strategic case through Spatial Regeneration Frameworks and promoting land and property in plan-making, to the submission and monitoring of planning applications.<\/p>\n<h3>Business\u2019s commitment to sustainability<\/h3>\n<p>Nigel Harris, planning consultancy director at WSP, said: &#8220;Seeing the acquisitions WSP has made in the planning consultancy space in the recent past has made me excited me to join such an ambitious organisation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The business\u2019s commitment to sustainability and future-ready practices will be particularly exciting to incorporate as we our support clients in the delivery of their transformational projects.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;A planning system that works for everybody&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Andrew Teage, planning consultancy director at WSP, said: &#8220;WSP has long been a name to watch in the planning consultancy space, and I am delighted to be able to assist its continued growth by providing a resource and service that is embedded in the Liverpool and Merseyside markets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having only recently joined, it is already proving to be an inspiring journey. In a time of immense change for communities, we need a planning system that works for everybody, instilling confidence to deliver and promote sustainable regional economic growth, which has real resonance with the recently announced UK levelling up strategy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Phil Villars, planning consultancy strategic lead at WSP, said: &#8220;We\u2019re delighted to welcome Nigel and Andy to help expand our UK planning consultancy offering in the Midlands and North-West. 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