The Manchester office of Lambert Smith Hampton has appointed a new director of planning, developing and consultancy.
Paul Shuker joins LSH from professional consulting firm WYG’s Manchester office, where he worked as director for the environment, planning and transport division.
Shuker brings extensive experience in the management of strategic land holdings, infrastructure and site-specific projects for both private and public sector clients to the role at Lambert Smith Hampton, having worked on all aspects of the planning process, from site identification and assessment to securing relevant planning permission and implementation through discharging conditions. This includes complex retail, commercial industrial, mixed-use and residential development projects.
His most notable projects have included LXB’s two Riverside and Kingsmead regeneration sites in Stafford town centre, U&I’s Friarsgate city centre scheme in Lichfield and working as part of the team that delivered the Storyhouse theatre project in Chester, which opened in 2017. Shuker was the planning lead for Princes Gate, the £37m regeneration scheme of Oldham town centre. He has recently advised more than 30 LPAs across the UK on retail and town centre planning matters.
Gayle Taylor, head of North West operations at LSH, said: “In his new role, Paul will be focused on expanding the team’s current scope, reach and influence across the North West, and we very much welcome him to the business.”
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