I am a commercially aware planner with considerable experience of working with both the public and private sectors.
Having completed my degree and diploma in Town Planning I initially worked for a national grocery company, working first as a Site Research Executive and then as the company’s Town Planning Researcher.
In 2004 I joined a leading national planning consultancy, where I advised on a range of proposed developments in England and Wales. I also advised local planning authorities on their evidence base and appeared at a number of examinations of LDPs representing both landowners and the local planning authority. I have prepared evidence for planning appeals and appeared at both public inquiries and informal hearings.
I maintain a keen interest in working with academic institutions and have lectured at both Cardiff University and University of the West of England. I have been a member of the National Retail Planning Forum’s Research Group for over 10 years and am a founding member of the Society for Locational Analysis (SLA).
Christine Reeves BSc(Hons) Dip TP, MRTPI
Retail – Preparing a Retail Assessment for an edge of centre foodstore development in Somerset. This included designing and commissioning a household survey to understand residents’ shopping patterns and a survey of holidaymakers to understand their use of local shops.
Local
Plans - Advising Dinas Powys Community Council on the Vale
of Glamorgan Deposit Local Plan and Alternative Sites Consultation
and preparing representations on their behalf.
Site
Appraisals – Advice to a developer on the prospects for
retail and residential development on a number of sites in the West
Midlands.
Research
– Undertaking an analysis of planning applications to understand
how changes of use may be affecting the balance between in and out
of centre retail floorspace in South Wales.
Speaking/Lecturing
- Presented “The High Street through Time – A planner’s
perspective” at the RTPI South West Retail Conference (Dec 2013).
Guest lecturer at Cardiff University (Planning).
Director: Christine Reeves,
BSc(Hons), DipTP, MRTPI