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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 (see Mick's CV in pdf format) 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 Bishop Burton College and Leeds Met University.

Mick is the Vice Chairman of the Regional Activities Committee of the RTPI (Yorkshire) for 2010.Here is a selection of articles on planning matters written by Mick for the RTPI Yorkshire Newsletter 'Root & Branch':

  • Autumn 2009 - Sustaining Skills and Quality Planning:
  • Summer 2009 - V is for Viability
  • Winter 2008 - Another 'Gainful' Planning Experience
  • Spring 2008 - Grow Your Own Planners - The Yorkshire and Humberside Way
  • Spring 2007 - Core Values in the North East
  • Spring 2007 - Core Values in the North East (Planning Inspectorate Newsletter)
  • Winter 2006 - Annual Report on Low Cost CPD Events, RTPI Rural Planning Low Cost Event
  • Autumn 2006 - Reasons to be Cheerful?
  • Summer 2006 - Developing Frameworks for Success?
  • Winter 2005 - Seminar Review - Planning for Wind Energy
  • Autumn 2005 - Low Cost CPD Events - Update Report
  • Summer 2005 - Conference Review - The Need to be Reasonable in Exercising Planning Judgement
  • Spring 2005 - 'Testing' Times Ahead for the Next Generation of Plans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Whatever your problem/issue please get in touch for a free initial consultation. Contact:
Mick McLoughlin MRTPI, MJM Planning,
South Lodge, Allerton Castle,
Allerton Park, Knaresborough,
North Yorkshire HG5 0SE
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tel: 01423 339553
e -mail:
mick@mjmplanning.co.uk
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