Rapleys continues its expansion in the Midlands with the appointment of a new partner to establish and lead the planning team in the firm’s Birmingham office.
Tony Clements joins from GL Hearn where he spent the last three years leading the regional planning teams. Tony’s appointment means Rapleys now offers dedicated retail & leisure, development, building consultancy and planning services to the Midlands area. Rapleys opened their Birmingham office in 2016 and is quickly expanding to reach their ambition of covering the full range of services for developer, investor, landlord and occupier clients.
Tony has over twenty years’ experience as a professional planner and is an experienced expert witness. He has advised a wide range of private and public sector clients across a variety of sectors and has acted on a number of high-profile planning projects. These include the DP World London Gateway Container Port for Shell and P&O Ports and the Barton Farm 2,000 dwelling urban extension to Winchester for CALA Homes. Tony has a strong track-record promoting large scale residential developments for many of the UK’s largest home builders
Tony states: “I am excited to be joining the planning team at Rapleys at a time when there are significant opportunities to build on and expand our offer to clients both in terms of technical capabilities, sector expertise and geographical coverage. I’m very much looking forward to carrying through the planning process a range of residential and mixed-use development projects that I have been working on across the midlands and nationally.
Delivering client focused service has always been at the heart of my approach to planning consultancy and I am delighted to join a progressive and expanding team within a highly respected, independent property consultancy.”
Robert Clarke, Senior Partner at Rapleys, states: “I am pleased to welcome Tony to the partnership. He brings a wealth of experience in managing and promoting residential and commercial schemes through the planning system. He will, undoubtedly, foster and contribute to our ever expanding national planning business with a focus on the midlands market.”