Committee details
The EPLANI committee comprises of planners, lawyers, environmental engineering practioners and academics in the planning, environment and law arena. The committee is elected each year at the AGM in June, having been proposed and seconded by current members. A chair, secretary and Treasurer are elected annually from within committee.
An email is usually circulated prior to the AGM to ask for expressions of interest to join the committee should positions be available. If you are interested in standing for committee please contact us on info@eplani.org.
Post Holders
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Chair
Maria O’Loan
Director, Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors. Maria specialises in planning and environmental law, public law and energy and regulatory matters. http://www.cfrlaw.co.uk/
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Secretary
Luke Thompson
Secretary. Solictor at Tughans Environmental and Planning Team.
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Treasurer
Kate McCusker
Kate has experience in advising on minerals and waste and has a keen interest in local government and planning law. http://www.cfrlaw.co.uk/our–people/75/kate-mccusker/
Committee
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Committee member
Carrie McDonagh
One2One planning – Director. Key practice areas are commercial applications, residential, enforcement matters and environmental issues. http://www.one2one-planning.co.uk/
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Sarah Dunlop
Sarah trained with a Belfast firm before joining Carson McDowell in January 2012. Sarah specialises exclusively in the Planning and Environmental Law Team of Carson McDowell. http://www.carson–mcdowell.com/who–we–are/our-people/s
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Sara Tinsley
Associate Director, Turley
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Peter Lockhart
Committee Member. Peter is a solicitor in Cleaver Fulton Rankin’s planning and environmental department with experience advising on environmental and planning due diligence and regulatory matters.
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Grant McBurney
Associate, Carson McDowell Solicitors. Advises on waste and contaminated land matters, renewable energy projects as well as providing planning and environmental due diligence. http://www.carson-mcdowell.com/
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Simon Turbitt
Barrister at Law – As a former solicitor Simons specialises in planning and enviromental law and is a legal assoicate of the RTPI
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William Orbinson QC
Barrister at Law. Queen’s Counsel specialising for the past 20 years in development planning, energy, waste management, environmental law, and judicial review. http://www.barofni.com/directory/william-orbinson
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Committee member
Rosemary Daly
Senior Commissioner Planning Appeals Commission Northern Ireland. http://www.pacni.gov.uk/index.htm
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Andrew Burnbury
Associate at Park Hood. Andrew has worked as a Landscape Architect in the UK, Ireland and Europe since graduating from Manchester Polytechnic and Gloucester University in the early 1990’s. http://www.parkhood.com/?page_id=244
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Committee member
Gareth Grindle
Director: Planning & Environment at Corvus Environmental Consulting Ltd. Corvus Consulting is the leading Environmental Planning consultancy in Northern Ireland. http://corvusconsulting.com.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/
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Committee member
Louise Coll
Solicitor, Belfast City Council. Specialising in Planning, Enforcement and Judicial Review.