A planning consultancy which moved its East Midlands office to Nottingham only a year ago has almost doubled its staff because of an increased workload.
DLP Planning moved from Castle Donington to offices in East Circus Street in May last year with three people employed there. Now it has taken on another two.
Regional director Jim Lomas said the office had grown because of an increased workload as a result of development pressures throughout the region and additional staff were needed to serve its growing client base.
“We are delighted to be working from here and expanding the business,” he said.
DLP has recruited Caroline Richardson as a senior planner. She has spent a number of years working in the Nottingham area with various companies.
“Caroline comes to us with a wealth of experience and knowledge of planning, and is a specialist in transportation planning,” said Jim.
The other new staff member is office administrator Kazia Zakrzewska who manages the day-to-day administration of the office and assists with networking and marketing.
They join Doug Moulton who is now associate director and associate planner Sarah Allsop who both joined Jim after the regional office was set up in Castle Donington in 2013.
Major projects that the office is currently working on include housing development in Erewash, working for Taylor Wimpey on the partial regeneration of the former Avenue coking works near Chesterfield, promotion of land for housing in the Ashfield Local Plan and the redevelopment of the former RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey base in Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire, as a mixed use scheme.
As well as being regional director Jim is also strategically responsible for the offices in Leeds and Sheffield.
DLP Planning, which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary, also has offices in Bedford, Bristol, Cardiff, London, Milton Keynes and Rugby.
