About
I'm a UK project development and consenting specialist with nearly ten years of experience across the full lifecycle of renewable energy projects — from site identification through planning consent to ready-to-build. My work spans solar PV, battery energy storage, co-located solar and BESS, and novel Power-to-Gas infrastructure.
I've spent most of my career in early-stage companies where there was no existing playbook: building land and planning functions from scratch, managing parallel portfolios of 20+ sites, and delivering development milestones as investment-critical outcomes under VC scrutiny. I hold specialist expertise across both the English and Scottish consenting regimes, including Section 36 and the ECU route.
Expertise
What I bring to a project
UK Planning & Consenting
Deep specialism across English and Scottish planning regimes — TCPA, Section 36, ECU route, EIA management, environmental permitting and planning application delivery.
Land Origination
End-to-end site origination: landowner engagement, HOT negotiation, option to lease, QGIS-based constraints mapping and feasibility assessment across multi-site portfolios.
Grid & Technical
Grid constraint screening, DNO and GDN pre-application engagement, connection strategy, and co-ordination of technical consultants across solar, BESS and gas infrastructure projects.
BESS Development
End-to-end battery storage project development including NFCC fire safety guidance, community consultation, and familiarity with commercial pathways: capacity market, CFDs, arbitrage and frequency response.
Renewable Gas & P2G
Development of novel Power-to-Gas infrastructure: solar-powered e-methane, alkaline electrolysis, direct air capture of CO₂, methanation and gas grid injection strategy.
Function-Building
Track record of building development functions from a standing start — establishing origination workflows, consultant frameworks, DEVEX budgets and delivery processes in VC-backed environments.
Career
Where I've worked
Education & Qualifications
Licentiate Member, Royal Town Planning Institute (LRTPI) · Working toward full Chartered membership (MRTPI)