Staff News

Today marks the final working day of DPP’s longest-serving team member, Bob Robinson. After a remarkable 38 years, Director Michelle Davies, the only person who has been at DPP almost as long, [...]

DPP Director Bob Robinson retires today after nearly 40 years at the company. In that time, he’s seen governments come and go, major changes in planning policy, as well as changes at DPP itself. [...]

Lee Kilcran has joined the Leeds office as a Senior Planner Lee has over 10 years of experience in planning, having previously worked as a geo-environmental consultant, a planning consultant, and [...]

Alice Gardner has joined the Cardiff office as a Principal Planner Alice joins from Savills where she was a Senior Planner, prior to which she started her career with Barton Willmore. Alice [...]

Last month, DPP hosted our annual company get together in Dublin Each year, we gather our team together to celebrate successes, discuss and share views on the evolution of the business and to [...]

DPP are delighted to confirm the highest number of graduates taken on in the company’s history.  Eight appointments across Newcastle, Leeds and Cardiff offices strengthen our team of Assistant [...]

DPP Planning are proud to confirm four key promotions across its 40 strong team. Two of the promotions are in DPP’s Cardiff office, with Nathan Slater being promoted from a Senior Planner to [...]

DPP’s Newcastle Office has been awarded ‘Best Project’ at the Royal Town Planning Institute’s North East Planning Excellence Awards 2025 for the third year in a row.  The [...]

For the second consecutive year, DPP has ranked 2nd in the Planning Magazine’s Annual Consultancy Survey  in respect of the proportion of female Directors. DPP is committed to providing a [...]

Two of our Team have recently secured their professional accreditation with the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). Joe Kirtley in the Newcastle office and Cet Roberts in the Cardiff office [...]