Key Project Experience

These projects were all undertaken by Chris Stratford as project director working for other companies, but in the role of Project Director. This experience is the foundation of Highbury Planning Consultants.

Planning and Development Applications and Major Infrastructure Consents

  • Thames Tideway Tunnel (various roles over 8 years), including the development, preparation of the DCO submission through design development stages (over 4 years) and, following DCO grant, its consents and stakeholder engagement delivery (over 4 years)
  • National Institute for Research into Aquatic Habitats (Nirah), Visitor Experience & Science Park
  • BSkyB Headquarters
  • London Sustainable Industries Park and Institute for Sustainability (IoS), Thames Gateway
  • Shellhaven Planning Appeal Document Review and Evidence Preparation
  • Channel Tunnel Rail Link (High Speed 1) over two years
  • Channel Tunnel over four years

Sustainable Plan Making

  • Aylesbury Town Centre Draft Masterplan
  • Peterborough Integrated Growth Study
  • London Riverside Development & Regeneration Framework
  • Brixton Town Centre Visioning Framework
  • Hendon & East End Regeneration Framework, Sunderland
  • Weston Super Mare Area Action Plan
  • Foxton Locks Masterplan
  • Little Bay Town Centre Action Area Plan, Montserrat

Public Sector Studies/Projects

  • London Borough of Barnet Open Space, Sport and Recreational Facilities Needs Assessment
  • Sustainable Design & Construction SPD, London Borough of Barnet
  • Employment Land Reviews for North West and Yorkshire & Humber
  • Stansted/M11 Corridor Development Options Study
  • Cambridge Sub Region Study
  • Core Strategy Brief for Isle of Wight Council

Leading and Managing Major, Complex, Multi-Disciplined Projects
All the above projects, except the Channel Tunnel project, were major, complex and multi-disciplinary and were led by Chris Stratford, HPC Director and Founder.

Project director has overall control of a project covering technical quality and the work programme and is the main link with the client body. Leading and managing major, complex multi-disciplinary projects is a feature of the last 20 years of his project experience.