James
Ainsworth is a Senior Planner specialising in Housing and Land

James is a Chartered Town Planner in the Housing and Land team, having joined Montagu Evans as a graduate in 2018 and now has over four years of experience in planning and development.

He works with a range of clients across multiple sectors, both inside and outside London, with the aim of adding value to their assets. This includes providing valuation, viability and planning advice throughout all stages of the planning and development process.

James has worked on both residential and office developments, as well as large-scale mixed-use schemes that that are delivered over a prolonged period. This experience includes EIA development and/or tall buildings where there are a variety of complex issues that need to be overcome.

Key skills

• Preparation of site appraisals, feasibility studies, local plan representations
• Preparation, submission, and negotiation of planning applications
• Community Infrastructure Levy and Section 106 advice
• Residential valuation and development viability, including the preparation of Financial Viability Assessments

Clients

• Countryside Properties
• Watkin Jones Group
• Lodha Group
• Bouygues Group / Linkcity
• Residential Land