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Previous Experience

Graham Warren’s career started in local government in London 1962 culminating in 1969 with him becoming head of development control in the London Borough of Islington. In the early 1970’s he joined the Shankland Cox Partnership and worked on a number of redevelopment projects in the capital. During this period he was a lecturer at what is now the South Bank University and was also an external examiner for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

In 1976 he moved to Wiltshire as a director of a development company and promoted the continuing expansion of Swindon. This involved three major planning inquiries and culminated in what are now the Western and Northern expansion areas of the town where planning permission has been obtained for some 870 hectares of development. The northern expansion area alone involved fourteen landowners, six development companies and required extensive negotiations on Section 106 agreements.

In 1981 he co-founded the Chapman Warren Partnership that was instructed on a varied and extensive range of work in the residential, commercial, retail, industrial and leisure sectors for a diverse clientele including Barratt, Wimpey, Sainsburys, Tesco, Asda, Heinz, Grosvenor Estates, Rank and the Salvation Army. In the 1990’s the practice began to be instructed by the public sector including the MOD, Local Government, Development Agencies and the Home Office. In the latter case Graham Warren was central to obtaining planning permission for Secure Training Centres for Persistent Juvenile Offenders and had direct contact with Ministers involved in the programme.

Throughout the 1990s and to date Graham has continued to be involved in a varied portfolio of projects, giving evidence to public inquiries and negotiating planning permission. He has also been involved in Purchase Notices (compulsory purchase in reverse), Enforcement Cases, obtaining Certificates of Established Use and the lifting of Agricultural Occupancy Conditions. Projects range from single dwelling houses to promoting major planned urban extensions on large mixed sites.

Summary

  • Forty three years experience commencing in local government.
  • Director of Development Company.
  • Co-founded Chapman Warren which went on to become one of the UKs leading town planning and development consultancies.
  • Work has ranged from industrial, commercial and residential development on a variety of projects including major planned mixed development urban extensions to single dwellinghouses.
  • Experienced expert witness.

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