Bath-based multi-disciplinary built environment practice Nash Partnership has appointed Mike Fox as a planning director planning director.
He will work alongside director of planning and regeneration Mel Clinton to develop the national and regional spread of the practice’s planning consultancy work.
Mike, pictured, brings 11 years of experience in handling complex planning, urban design and regeneration projects in the public sector in the London boroughs of Greenwich, Camden and Brent. 
He has also worked for public and private sector clients at award-winning planning and urban design consultancy Tibbalds in London where he was involved in integrated development frameworks, urban design mechanisms, London’s Kings Cross and many other complex urban renewal schemes.
Mike also has experience of private and public sector work in Australia and helping to build a new planning system in Zambia.
Nash Partnership senior partner Edward Nash said: “Mike’s appointment is the result of a strategic decision to expand our planning services and to build on our strong growth in this area in recent years.
“Mike brings significant skills and experience in both the public and private sectors, which will help to support our ambitions for our mainstream planning offer. Mike’s role will also enable the continued development of our regeneration skillset and we are delighted that he has joined us.”
Mike Fox added: “This is an exciting opportunity for me on both personal and professional levels. I look forward to bringing a fresh perspective to the team’s work and contributing to its continued success.”
Nash Partnership this year celebrates 13 years of planning consultancy within the practice which comprises design managers, architects, urban and landscape designers, regeneration expertise and urban geographers.
Among its recent planning successes are the expansion of the Blists Hill open air museum in the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site, Shropshire, the completion of the new Hitachi Capital campus as an expansion of the urban area on the edge of Trowbridge, and the north Cheltenham urban expansion at Pitville/Prestbury for Gloucestershire County Council.
