Alan grew up on the Wirral Peninsula and graduated from the University of Liverpool. After a spell in Cheshire West & Cheshire’s Regeneration Team he has spent the last 12 years advising private and public sector clients in the London and Southeast market. Alan specialises in urban living and mixed-use town centre development, including tall buildings, Build-to-Rent and Student Accommodation, as well as asset management, offices and logistics. Alan first joined Lichfields in 2011, returning in 2020 after a 4-year spell at DP9 in Central London.
Alan manages projects from due diligence and appraisal to pre-application negotiation, consultation, submission, consent and delivery. He has a strong understanding of the policy, political and commercial drivers that deliver successful planning outcomes.
His recent experience includes the regeneration of Greenwich Peninsula, the Borough Triangle and Devonshire Place developments in Southwark, and the Barnsbury and South Kilburn estate regeneration schemes. Alan previously advised on the 22 Bishopsgate office and 150 Bishopsgate hotel developments in the City of London, Westfield’s expansion of Stratford City, the redevelopment of Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, as well as the Broad Street Mall and Phase 1 of Station Hill development in Reading.
