Phil Tilley joins Transport Planning Associates

We are very pleased to announce that Phil Tilley has joined Transport Planning Associates as a Consultant based in our Bristol office.  Phil, a Chartered Engineer has considerable transport planning and highway engineering experience and was most recently Head of Service for Transport and Development at Wiltshire Council. 

Early in his career Phil was engaged in the design and provision of new highway schemes, highway maintenance and drainage projects, before dealing with major planning applications.  In his time at the County Council, he was involved with planning proposals for a new visitor centre at Stonehenge, major strategic housing projects, including the Public Inquiry associated with development at Wichelstowe near Swindon as well as major retail food store proposals for Salisbury, during which he liaised with Transport Planning Associates directors to secure appropriate transport mitigation solutions.

Phil's considerable experience has been brought to bear to deliver sustainable transport solutions, off-site highway infrastructure improvements and local public transport facilities.  We are delighted that Phil has joined us to add his capabilities to the broad range of skills and service we already provide to our clients. 

On joining the company Phil said, “I am pleased to be able to put my skills and knowledge to good effect in a private consultancy environment."  He continued "Transport Planning Associates is a consultancy that I have dealt with many times over the years and I have always respected them for their professional approach and innovation in the transport planning and highway solutions they pursue”

We are sure that those of you who know Phil, will join us in welcoming him to the company and agree with us that his appointment represents a significant indication of our commitment to client service and quality. 

New starter in our Bristol office.....

We are pleased to announce that Charlotte Wintgens has joined the Company as a Transport Planner based in our Bristol office.

Charlotte has a BA (Hons) in Geography and Transport Planning (International) and joins our team of Transportation Planners and Engineers from Southwark Council where she was a Transport Planner in Development Control. She is now working on a wide range of projects including feasibility assessments, planning applications and planning appeals.

We hope you will join us in welcoming Charlotte to the company and wishing her a rewarding and interesting career with Transport Planning Associates.

Transport Planning Associates successfully achieves Investors in People accreditation

We are pleased to announce that we have successfully gained Investors in People accreditation. Investors in People managing director David Tew confirmed our membership on the 5^th April after the recommendation from an assessor who visited the companies’ offices to interview a cross-section of the staff about the company’s practices.

David Knight, who led the introduction of the initiative said “We are thrilled to have achieved this important business improvement standard. At the outset, it seemed quite daunting having to pass all 39 elements of the standard, but we have managed it. The journey has been good for us and I am sure we are a better company for doing this.”

Our IIP initiative includes Learning and Development, People Management  and Leadership and Management strategies that are beneficial to our staff, the company and ultimately to our Clients through the service we give them.

Transport Planning Associates achieves double success!

We are delighted to announce that yesterday evening, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 Members of Medway Council's Planning Committee voted unanimously to grant planning permission for a new Tesco store for Strood.  The store, with a new sales area of 55,000 sq.ft will replace the existing store and will be raised on stilts above an under croft car park.  A glazed atrium containing travelators and lifts will provide the linkage between the shop floor and car parking, public transport inter-change and taxi waiting areas.

Earlier in the day, Members of Central Bedfordshire Council’s Development Management Committee resolved to grant planning permission for a new food store for Sandy, Bedfordshire. The store proposals, featuring low carbon footprint construction techniques, were overwhelmingly supported by both Council Members and local residents alike providing a food store for Sandy of the scale needed to reduce unnecessary travel to towns and stores farther afield. 

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New starter in our Bristol office.....

We are pleased to announce that Katie Clarke has joined the Company as a Graduate Transport Planner based in our Bristol office.

Katie has a MSc in Transport Planning and joins our team of Transportation Planners and Engineers working on a wide range of projects including feasibility assessments, planning applications and planning appeals.

We hope you will join us in welcoming Katie to the company and wishing her a rewarding and interesting career with Transport Planning Associates.