WSP has announced two senior hires in its planning consultancy team in Birmingham and Liverpool, Nigel Harris and Andrew Teage
Nigel Harris joins WSP’s planning consultancy as director at the Birmingham office. He will help shape the future strategic direction of the firms national planning consultancy offer.
Harris is a chartered town planner with over 34 years of experience in the private and public sector. He previously held roles at Boyer as a director, at Knights as a partner, as director at Pegasus Planning and planning director at David Wilson Homes and Wilson Bowden Developments.
He has also worked in a number of town planning services for Harborough, Rutland, and Stafford District Councils.
Andrew Teage joins WSP’s planning consultancy as director at the Liverpool office. He will work alongside senior colleagues to help shape the future strategic direction of WSP’s national planning consultancy offer.
Teage has over 20 years of experience in town planning and is a chartered town planner. He has experience in delivering a full range of town planning services, from making the strategic case through Spatial Regeneration Frameworks and promoting land and property in plan-making, to the submission and monitoring of planning applications.
Business’s commitment to sustainability
Nigel Harris, planning consultancy director at WSP, said: “Seeing the acquisitions WSP has made in the planning consultancy space in the recent past has made me excited me to join such an ambitious organisation.
“The business’s commitment to sustainability and future-ready practices will be particularly exciting to incorporate as we our support clients in the delivery of their transformational projects.”
‘A planning system that works for everybody’
Andrew Teage, planning consultancy director at WSP, said: “WSP has long been a name to watch in the planning consultancy space, and I am delighted to be able to assist its continued growth by providing a resource and service that is embedded in the Liverpool and Merseyside markets.
“Having only recently joined, it is already proving to be an inspiring journey. In a time of immense change for communities, we need a planning system that works for everybody, instilling confidence to deliver and promote sustainable regional economic growth, which has real resonance with the recently announced UK levelling up strategy.”
Phil Villars, planning consultancy strategic lead at WSP, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Nigel and Andy to help expand our UK planning consultancy offering in the Midlands and North-West. Their experience and success working with major clients across a range of sectors will help deliver sustainable, future-ready new places.”
