Rapleys has bolstered its Birmingham office with two senior planning appointments.
Sachin Parmar, who has 17 years’ experience in planning, joins the firm as a partner from Marrons where he was a director, and John Nicol, who has more than seven years of private sector planning experience, has joined as an associate from Fisher German.
Prior to their time in the private sector, Parmar and Nicol worked together at Broxtowe Borough Council in Nottingham, between 2014 and 2017.
Robert Clarke, senior partner at Rapleys, said: “Our business strategy over the last three years has been focused on, and will continue to foster, expansion, but with the right people and in the right places so that it is sustainable. Planning has been and will continue to be a core area of growth, and we see huge opportunities to build both the national division, but also have locally focused and experienced planners in our regional offices.
“We have seen huge success with this strategy having welcomed seven South West-focused planners to our Bristol office three years ago and adding five more senior planners to Manchester just last year. The addition of Sachin and John to Birmingham adds a new regionally focused planning discipline that will leverage the platform we have already built in the city and work closely with the existing teams there. We will continue to add great people, teams and services in line with our growth plan both nationally and regionally over the coming months.”
Parmar added: “Rapleys has proven it is committed to strategic growth, building up teams and services both nationally and regionally. We are delighted to become a key part of this growth story in Birmingham, working with the national planning division and adding our regional expertise and knowledge to leverage the team and client base that already exists there.
“With so much change within the planning process, clients need navigation more than ever in order to deliver viable developments, whilst our insight and experience working client-side at both public and private organisations will be extremely helpful at a regional level.”
