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Jon is a Chartered Town Planner and qualified Urban Designer with over 32 years’ experience in both the public and private sectors. Jon has substantial experience of the processes associated with development, and of the importance of design in delivering successful and sustainable places. Jon has also developed significant skills in negotiating the political and procedural hurdles associated with the planning system, including NSIP projects. Jon has acted as lead planner on major schemes for solar and wind energy, water and waste infrastructure, and the regeneration of major urban sites. Proposals for development in sensitive rural areas, AONB and Green Belt have also featured strongly in his experience.

Jon has led the Utilities team at RPS for five years, during which time the team have negotiated with Distribution Network Operators on a number of large grid connections for both import and export. Jon and his team are familiar with early engagement with both the incumbent DNO and, if necessary, the National Grid itself in order to inform programme and magnitude of cost.

Nick is a highly-experienced ecologist and project manager who has been with RPS for since 2007, setting up and growing the RPS Southampton Ecology Team since 2009. During this time, he has managed the ecology component of 400+ projects, including large-scale infrastructure. 

Mark spent twenty years in the City of London as a futures trader before joining E.On UK as Head of Power and Carbon Trading. After moving the business to Duesseldorf, he left and returned to London, setting up his own energy trading and consultancy business. In 2016, he was part of the KKR team bidding for Dutch utility Eneco. In 2019. Mark joined Photovolt Development Partners to develop Botley West Solar Farm, with responsibility for the Grid connection and optimising the power output, as well as communications.