James
Tarpy is a Associate specialising in Planning

James is a Chartered Town Planner with experience in supporting the delivery of complex development projects across the retail, commercial, industrial and mixed-use sectors.

James specialises in driving projects from early-stage strategy through to consent, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to manage risk and coordinate stakeholders. James’ experience spans extensive retail development programmes, town-centre regeneration, and mixed-use schemes across a wide range of UK planning authorities, including work with several national supermarkets. This has given James a strong understanding of both regional policy variation and commercial drivers in the retail sector.

James has a strong emphasis on programme management, client advisory and aligning planning strategy with viability and project objectives. James is experienced in navigating constrained policy environments to enable development and maintain momentum on complex sites from pre-application stage to completion.

Key skills

• Planning strategy and development management
• Retail planning
• Complex planning applications delivery
• Retail, commercial, industrial and mixed-use developments
• Stakeholder engagement and project management