RS APPENDIX 1.1 COMPETENT EXPERT CVS The Project Team 1.1 PWA Planning has been commissioned by the Applicant to assist with an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in support of the outline planning application for the Revised Scheme. This has incorporated technical input from a number of consultants, as outlined in Table 1 below. A copy of the relevant CVs for each competent expert is included within this appendix, and within each chapter a brief overview of the author’s experience has been provided. Table 1: Project Team Project Team Contribution PWA Planning Ltd. and EIA Co-ordination and other project management inputs Ecot ricity Group Ltd. Zaha Hadid Ltd. Project Architects and Concept Design Cotswold Archaeology Ltd. Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Gavin David CMLI Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment Chartered Landscape Architect (lead input) and Ecotricity Group Ltd. Ecotricity Group Ltd. Ecology and Nature Conservation (Biodiversity) RSK Environment Ltd. Flood Risk, Hydrology and Drainage & Air Quality and Dust Hopkin Coats Associates Lighting Hoare Lea LLP . Noise and Vibration Regeneris Consulting Ltd. Socio -Economics PFA Consulting Ltd. Transport and Access Hunter Page Planning Ltd. Planning Statement Consult QRD Ltd. Sports and Pitches Statement LUC Ltd. Major Accidents and Disasters & Climate Change Curriculum Vitae Daniel Hughes Associate m. 07860 943811 [email protected] PROFILE A graduate of the University of Manchester with an Honours Degree in Geography and Master Degree in Planning. Daniel is a Chartered Town planner with ten years’ experience within private practice as a plan- ning consultant. Daniel has managed a broad and varied range of clients initially building up a specialism within energy and infrastructure. This was established through working for a wind developer, but also through working at an engineering firm working alongside the Highways Agency to comment strategically on local plans, and the Environment Agency on gaining planning consent on flood defence schemes. Since joining PWA Planning in November 2014, Daniel has built upon this specialism into other built de- velopment sectors. Planning input of the role covers all stages of planning work; from the preparation and submission of fee proposals and initial appraisals, to the preparation and submission of applications and planning appeals on a range of residential and mixed use developments. This has incorporated utilising a range of skills and experience established from his career to date through writing and coordinating EIAs, along with producing and managing the planning submission. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Lead consultant role on numerous major development proposals including wind energy schemes, flood defence schemes and sports-led development schemes; • Competent in undertaking a broad range of planning services for house-builders, commercial de- velopers and private individuals. EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE Senior Planner and Associate, PWA Planning November 2014 - present • Undertaking a broad range of planning work for house-builders, commercial developers, public sector organisations, including applications and appeals; • Management of a portfolio of clients from developers through to private individuals; • Undertaking a full range of town planning services for clients of the practice; • Writing and coordinating EIAs. Planning Consultant, CH2M HILL January 2013 – November 2014 • Built up a specialism within infrastructure planning working alongside the Highways Agency, United Utilities and the Environment Agency; Cover Letter | Sunny Bank Nurseries, Forton • Development management and planning policy experience broadened through working on plan- ning appeal, flood defence schemes and wastewater applications, to submitting written represen- tations, supporting an Examination in Public and writing planning policy guidance on coastal change and wind energy. Development Officer and Senior Development Officer September 2009 – December 2012 • Project managing two wind energy schemes, one of which was an EIA. This included preparing, overseeing and submitting the EIA and dealing with it post-submission; • Numerous planning policy assessments completed (feasibility studies, local plan reviews, planning policy chapters and statements), written representations produced, a variety of met mast applica- tions submitted (initial applications, Section 73 and 73a applications) and a range of screening and scoping requests dealt with. Assistant Transport Planner, Jacobs October 2007 – February 2008 • Wrote and researched sections of various transport assessments, studies and travel plans along with completing visualisations. EDUCATION & TRAINING Geography BA (Hons) The University of Manchester 2004 - 2007 Master of Planning (MPlan) The University of Manchester 2008 - 2009 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Corporate Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI) – Member number 53578 2 Curriculum Vitae RICHARD MORTON PRINCIPAL HERITAGE CONSULTANT EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 1989 BA Hons Archaeology (Upper Second Class honours), University of Reading 2002 Elected Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (MIfA) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY I have been a professional heritage consultant and archaeologist for 27 years, 25 years of which I have worked for Cotswold Archaeology. I am the Principal Heritage Consultant of our Cirencester office. KEY EXPERIENCE My role as a Principal Heritage Consultant means that I am responsible for the management of heritage projects on behalf of Cotswold Archaeology. I have extensive experience in providing advice to clients on heritage issues, the formulation of strategies for managing the heritage resource (both within and outside of the EIA process) and delivering supporting documentation for planning applications and other objectives. I have wide experience in acting as expert witness at Public Inquiry, and in providing supporting documents and rebuttals for written representations and hearings. I have a particular expertise in issues pertaining to the historic landscape, including the development of fieldscapes and settlement patterns, as well as historic buildings and Conservation Areas. My role requires close liaison with statutory heritage consultees such as county archaeologists, conservation officers and Historic England and Cadw. Recent projects have included: Gloucester Quayside and Blackfriars Local Development Order. I managed the Historic Environment Study in support of the recently permitted LDO for regeneration of the Gloucester Quayside area Redcliffe Quarter, Bristol. I managed the built heritage surveys for the recently permitted Redcliffe Quarter redevelopment (including a new 19-storey building), centred in Bristol’s Redcliffe Conservation Area Examination in Public, Taunton and Deane Core Strategy. I provided heritage information to the Inspector during the preliminary hearing into policies for housing allocation in December 2015 Mynydd Brombil, Neath Port Talbot: I was Expert Witness for heritage for the Public Inquiry held in May 2015 for four wind turbines. Key issues were the setting of Scheduled Monuments, a Registered Park and a Registered Historic Landscape 1 Land at Chipping Norton, West Oxfordshire and land at Barford, Warwickshire. I appeared as Expert Witness for two Public Inquiries in September-October 2014. Both were concerned with effects upon listed buildings and Conservation Areas Gresty Oaks, Crewe, Cheshire. I was Expert Witness for heritage in the Public Inquiry in July 2014, preparing Proof of Evidence and giving evidence at Inquiry. Key elements pertained to the Hedgerows Regulations and the historic landscape Gloucester Bus Station redevelopment. I managed the Heritage Assessment and Conservation Area Impact Assessment for the recently approved (September 2015) bus station re-development. 2 CV – Dr Kara Davies 14 Phelps Mill Close, Dursley, Gloucestershire, GL11 4GA 07955 642919 [email protected] Employment Landscape and Planning Advisor, Ecotricity (July 2014 – Present) • Writing or assisting in the preparation of Environmental Statements and Environmental Reports for planning submissions (primarily Landscape and Visual Impacts Assessments / Appraisals - also Planning Statements and contributions to other disciplines as required). Primarily wind, solar, anaerobic digestion and battery storage but portfolio also includes occasional housing and mixed use developments. • Feasibility studies for new projects. • Site assessments and field surveys. Lecturer in Environmental Impact Assessment, Aberystwyth University (January 2006 – Present, Part time) • Nine years experience teaching at undergraduate level and three years experience teaching at Masters level. Role: • Designing course content, lectures, seminars and exam papers. • Delivering lectures and seminars and marking assignments. • Keeping up to date on legal, policy and case developments in EIA. Bat Field Researcher, Bristol University (May 2014 – 4 week project, full time) • Field researcher on bats (primarily natterer's and pipistrelle spp.). • Work included trapping (harp traps, mist nets and hand nets), emergence surveys and radio-tracking. • Involved both team work and periods of independent work in church / woodland sites. Research and Teaching Assistant in Sustainability, Aberystwyth University (October 2004 – October 2006, Full time). • Supporting content development of environmental modules in sustainability, conservation and environmental law (including waste, energy, land