Bob Robinson’s Career, Character and Legacy

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, [...]

Today represents Bob Robinson’s final day at DPP. For the past ten years, he has been working extensively in the delivery of education projects across England. Here he shares his thoughts [...]

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 has submitted a planning application for a new football training facility on behalf of Wetherby Racecourse and Harrogate Town AFC, whose men’s first team currently competes in English [...]

DPP Director, Helen Marks recently spoke to Property Week about why data centres need a new use class. The surge in data centre development began during the pandemic, when the nation moved online [...]

Manchester City Council is consulting on a new Local Plan until 17 November 2025. Oliver Corbett, Associate Director and one of DPP’s North West leads, provides his thoughts on the emerging [...]

DPP have been shortlisted for Planning Consultancy of the Year at the prestigious Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards for Planning Excellence 2025. The national awards celebrate the very [...]