Our People
We’re a multidisciplinary team with expertise across the fields of planning, landscape design, traffic and transport planning, development and environmental consultancy. We have a passion for intelligent solutions and together, we’re creating a sustainable future – get to know us better here.

Alex Bannister
Associate
Services
Transport Planning
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
Alex has broad experience in delivering development schemes across a variety of sectors. She is well-versed in providing technical transport planning and highway design advice.

Alistair Yates
Technical Director
Services
Planning, Design
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Waste & Minerals
Alistair is a chartered Town Planner with more than 20 years’ experience in both public and private sectors. He has substantial experience of preparing planning applications including EIA development.

Amelia Allen
Assistant Accountant
Services
Planning, Design, Transport Planning, Environmental
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
Amelia is our Accounts Assistant with more than seven years’ experience in Finance, supporting the Finance Manager and carrying out day to day accountancy tasks.

Andrew Barton
Associate Director
Services
Planning
Sectors
Energy, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
A Chartered Planning Consultant with more than 15 years’ experience in both the public and private sector, Andrew coordinates planning applications including Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) for major development projects.

Andrew Russell
Director
Services
Planning, Environmental
Sectors
Energy, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
Andrew is an environmental and planning consultant specialising in the delivery of infrastructure projects. He has worked in this role for more than 20 years and has extensive experience of EIA, environmental appraisal and project management of planning applications.

Andy Martin
Associate
Services
Environmental
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
Andy has more than 19 years’ experience of landscape and visual assessment, landscape planning and management. His principal experience relates to the Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) of major, multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects.

Ben McCormack
Planning Consultant
Services
Planning
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
With more than two years’ experience in the private sector, Ben has strategic residential and commercial development planning expertise. He is also working towards his RTPI Licentiate Membership.

Bobby Clayton
Associate
Services
Planning
Sectors
Energy, Commercial & Industrial, Infrastructure
A Chartered Environmental Planner with more than 15 years’ experience, Bobby has vast experience in Environmental Statements (ES) for Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs). This and his keen interest in site appraisal, risk identification and management provides Bobby with a strong understanding of opportunities, constraints and robust solution-finding.

Callum Fairhead
Planning Consultant
Services
Planning
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
Callum is our Graduate Planner with a years’ experience in the industry. Callum provides support to all members of the planning team across all sectors while he works towards his Chartership.

Catherine Zoeftig
Associate Director
Services
Transport Planning
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
A Transport Planner for more than 22 years, Catherine has extensive experience in Transport Assessment and Highway Design. She has solid experience of all transport and highways aspects required to satisfy the planning process.

Charlie Griffin
Landscape Architect
Services
Design
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
Charlie has experience in Landscape and Visual Assessment, Landscape Design and Biodiversity Net Gain. He is enrolled on the Landscape Institute Pathway to Chartership.

Dan Whitney
Associate
Services
Planning
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial
Dan is an RTPI Chartered Associate Planning Consultant. With more than 15 years’ experience advising clients across a range of sectors, he successfully manages applications from conception to determination, including at appeal.

David Adams
Director
Services
Planning, Environmental
Sectors
Energy, Commercial & Industrial, Waste & Minerals
A Chartered Town Planner with more than 25 years’ experience in public and private sector planning, David works predominantly on large scale energy and infrastructure projects across the UK.

David Jones
Technical Director
Services
Planning, Environmental
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
A Chartered Engineer, David has more than 35 years’ experience of delivering the planning process for large-scale infrastructure and mixed-use regeneration projects, including several schemes based on commercial marinas.

Duncan Carter
Associate
Services
Transport Planning
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
Duncan has more than 15 years’ experience in transport planning, with experience across a wide range of projects including Transport Assessments, Travel Plans, Accessibility Assessments, and Junction Modelling.

Eric Evans
Financial Controller
Services
Planning, Design, Transport Planning, Environmental
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
Eric is a Chartered Accountant with 10 years of experience, having worked with both small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) and global companies.

George Evans
Planning Consultant
Services
Planning
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
George is a Chartered Town Planner with over three years’ experience in the industry. He has worked on renewable energy, waste, retail and industrial projects across the country, producing documents and providing advice at all stages of the planning process.

Hannah Shine
Senior Planner
Services
Planning, Environmental
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
A Chartered Planning Consultant with experience in coordinating and preparing applications, including Environmental Impact Assessment, Hannah effectively manages a diverse range of projects for both public and private sector clients.

James Boyd
Financial Director
Services
Planning, Design, Transport Planning, Environmental
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
With more than 20 years’ experience as part of an executive management team and working at board level, James has successfully created high-performing teams, achieved best practice, improved company culture, and delivered exceptional customer satisfaction.

Jamie Bradshaw
Senior Planning Consultant
Services
Planning
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking
A Chartered Town Planner, Jamie has more than 17 years of experience advising clients across a range of sectors and in the preparation of complex and major planning applications, and other consents.

Jane Didinska
CAD & GIS Assistant
Services
Design
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
Since joining us at Axis, Jane has rapidly become a valued member of the team, applying AutoCAD and landscape design skills acquired in her native Ukraine and offering support to a wide range of Axis projects.

John Meehan
Landscape Team Lead
Services
Design, Environmental
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
A Chartered Landscape Architect with more than 20 years’ experience, John’s areas of expertise are in project management, Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments, and co-ordination of the detailed environmental design on complex infrastructure projects, including for Development Consent Order schemes.

Jon Maginness
Senior Planning Consultant
Services
Planning
Sectors
Energy, Waste & Minerals
Jon has been an Environmental Planner for more than six years. He’s attained a Masters degree in EIA and has strong experience in the energy and waste sectors, including battery storage and Energy from Waste (EfW). Jon also has experience in residential and retail.

Jon Mason
Director
Services
Design, Environmental
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
A Landscape Architect for more than 25 years, Jon has extensive experience in Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), designing schemes, and providing expert witness evidence at planning inquiries.

Laura Mackey
Senior Planning Consultant
Services
Planning
Sectors
Energy, Commercial & Industrial, Infrastructure
Laura is an RTPI Chartered Senior Town Planner. Laura primarily works on energy and infrastructure projects and is experienced in the coordination and management of multi-disciplinary specialists to support Environment Impact Assessments (EIAs) and non-EIA planning applications.

Lauren Phoenix
Accounts Assistant
Services
Planning, Design, Transport Planning, Environmental
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
Lauren works in the Finance Team carrying out day to day accountancy tasks. Lauren is currently completing her AAT Level 2 qualification.

Lee Kendall
Technical Director
Services
Transport Planning
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
Lee manages the Transport Planning team, specialising in the preparation of Transport Assessments, Transport Statements, Travel Plans and expert witness work at planning inquiries.

Lindsey Huxley
Associate Landscape Architect
Services
Environmental
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure
A Landscape Architect for more than 19 years, Lindsey has extensive experience in landscape planning, specifically landscape and visual assessment for a range of developments, often requiring appropriate landscape and visual mitigation strategies.

Martin Pollard
Director
Services
Planning, Environmental
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
With more than 20 years’ experience as a planning consultant, Martin has extensive experience in the preparation of planning applications and Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) for major development projects, including Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs).

Maxine Cubbins
Business Support
Services
Planning, Design, Transport Planning, Environmental
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
Maxine works in the Finance Team carrying out day to day accountancy tasks, and actively supports all operational areas of the company.

Nick Roberts
Technical Director
Services
Planning
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
With more than 34 years’ experience, Nick specialises in the planning of large scale development and infrastructure projects, predominantly comprising EIA development. Nick has managed the production of Environmental Statements more than three decades and given expert witness evidence at more than 30 planning inquiries.

Nicola Greenwood
Landscape Architect
Services
Design, Environmental
Sectors
Residential, Infrastructure
Nicola has worked in both the public and private sectors gaining a breadth of experience in housing development design, Landscape Character and Environmental Sensitivity advice, with a specialism in flood defence schemes.

Phil Roden
Technical Director
Services
Planning, Design, Environmental
Sectors
Energy, Commercial & Industrial, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
A Landscape Architect, Planning and Environmental Consultant with more than 25 years’ experience, Phil has extensive experience in Project Management, Planning, Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), and Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments (LVIAs) for complex projects.

Sam Kaye
Graphics & Visualisation Consultant
Services
Design
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
Since joining us at Axis, Sam has rapidly become a valued member of the design team, offering invaluable support to a wide range of projects through the provision of AutoCAD, GIS and graphic illustration services.

Siân Hayle
Associate
Services
Planning
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
A Chartered Town Planner with more than 10 years’ experience, Siân project manages and coordinates large scale planning applications, including Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) preparation. Siân also undertakes site appraisals and site promotion through Local Plans.

Sian Rossiter
Landscape Architect
Services
Design, Environmental
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Infrastructure
Sian is a Landscape Architect with more than five years’ experience. She works on Landscape and Visual Appraisals for a range of energy developments, including Solar, Wind and Battery Storage. Sian also has landscape design and planning experience in the leisure and residential sectors.

Steve Harding
Associate Director
Services
Planning, Environmental
Sectors
Energy, Infrastructure
A Chartered Planner and environmentalist, Steve has more than 20 years’ experience of environmental planning and impact assessments in the public and private sectors, at both strategic and project level. This includes Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) and Health Impact Assessments (HIAs).

Steve Mann
Senior Graphics & Visualisation Consultant
Services
Planning, Design, Environmental
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
Steve has been with us for more than 18 years. As CAD manager and photomontage artist, Steve has extensive experience working on projects including waste management facilities, road schemes, wind, solar and other energy developments.

Thomas O’Kane
Associate
Services
Planning
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking
A Chartered Town Planner with more than 11 years’ experience working in private and public sectors, Thomas has an excellent understanding of the planning system and has co-ordinated the submission of major planning applications.

Tom Roseblade
Associate
Services
Planning, Design, Environmental
Sectors
Energy, Residential, Commercial & Industrial, Regeneration & Placemaking, Infrastructure, Waste & Minerals
Tom’s background is in landscape architecture and planning. He has a thorough knowledge and experience of leading landscape and environmental inputs on some of the most complex infrastructure projects in the country.