As a sole practitioner, Mick McLoughlin provides all clients with a senior level of planning expertise from his 20 years extensive experience of town planning in the UK and Overseas.

His professional qualifications are all first-rate and since his election as a corporate member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) in 1988 he has practised as a Chartered Town Planner, maintaining this status through continuous professional development training.

He has considerable knowledge of planning law, procedures and practice as well as a deep understanding of the processes which affect property development and decisions on planning matters. Mick is certified as an expert facilitator in planning matters by the Government’s national Advisory Team for Large Applications (ATLAS).

His career has included several senior technical and managerial positions within local government together with experience as an expert planning adviser within private industry.

Mick is a member of the Planning Cooperative and the Rural Development Network. He has also been a Director of Planning Aid, responsible for advising and training community groups and others on planning matters and he is committed to helping people to better access and influence the planning system through supporting initiatives such as the Campaign for Planning Sanity.

Several Universities and training organisations have employed him to teach planning law and aspects of planning practice. He currently guest-lectures at Leeds Metropolitan University and the internationally renowned University of Reading.