Stephen Thwaites

Steve brings a lot of experience and authority to his advice. 35 years as a planner, with 18 of those as a Chief Planning Officer at Waverley BC. As well as dealing with a variety of case work [town centre redevelopments, airfields, poly-tunnels, traveller sites, enforcement etc], he understands how planning departments work. He has also been a technical adviser to SERPLAN and SEERA on transport and environmental issues. We estimate his signature has appeared on over 40,000 planning decisions…! Since leaving local government 9 years ago, Steve has worked for many clients as Cogito Consulting Ltd – primarily in the Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex area. Projects have ranged from:

• providing advice, gaining consents and fighting appeals for landowners and residential and commercial developers;
• householder problems,
• through to asset maximisation exercises for large corporate businesses

He can work flexibly on his own or a part of a team. He has his own network of support professionals to assist with a planning issue.