About us

James is our Managing Director and leads in the presentation of expert evidence on affordable housing, acting for all of the major housebuilders, leading strategic land promoters and many Registered Providers (Housing Associations). Having grown up in a council house during his school days he is acutely aware of the benefits a good home can provide to children’s education and a stable family life.

He has over 29 years experience having started his career in Local Government, whilst self-funding his post graduate diploma in Town and Country Planning from the University of the West of England, initially as a maternity cover planning technician before working in the planning registration department, and prior to a permanent planning role becoming available.

James acts nationwide and has been involved in more than 150 public inquiries and hearings, with some notable successes in Cornwall, Yorkshire, Cheshire, London and all parts of the South and South East.

His story has been from the shopfloor to the boardroom.  Consequently, James is approachable, with a simple outlook on life; treat people how you wish to be treated.

Jonathan is a Senior Director and has spent 20 years at Tetlow King Planning. He has over 25 years of town planning experience in the private and public sector working across a range of disciplines including strategic planning, development management, planning policy, regeneration and consultancy.

He works nationwide and has managed a wide range of complex planning applications and appeals for residential use, affordable housing, employment, commercial, retail and tourism. He has acted as expert witness at over 30 appeal hearings, public inquiries, and Local Plan Examinations. He has experience in enforcement appeals for residential and employment and project-manages multi-disciplinary teams on large scale projects.

Jonathan is experienced in promoting land through local plans for residential, employment and mixed use strategic urban extensions including in the Green Belt and for schemes in the region of 3,000 dwellings.

Tetlow King helped to set up and has operated both the South West and West Midlands Housing Association Planning Consortiums for 25 years. Jonathan has managed both projects for the past 10 years. Our main focus on behalf of both Planning Consortiums is to promote the aims and benefits of housing and affordable housing development by housing associations.

Jonathan grew up in Dudley in the West Midlands and moved to Bristol to study town planning at the University of the West of England where he settled and joined the company. He enjoys working with people from different backgrounds across the country.

Amy joined Tetlow King as an Associate Director in 2024.  She has been chartered since 2010 and has over 16 years of experience working for planning consultancies in the private sector.

She began her planning career at a small, independent planning consultancy in Manchester, before moving to a national consultancy which was subsequently acquired by a global multi-disciplinary company. During this time, she has advised on a multitude of challenging, highly technical and complex planning projects in both the residential and commercial sectors.

Amy has a wealth of experience of leading planning projects and working with a range of clients including housebuilders, landowners, registered social housing providers and large-scale commercial companies. She is all about finding solutions and devising successful planning strategies, adopting an innovative approach to every site and project. Amy understands the value of good communication and works well leading and as part of a team, knowing that this is vital to a project’s success.

Amy relocated from Greater Manchester to Bristol in 2022 and in her spare time enjoys taking part in triathlons and duathlons.

Jamie has been with Tetlow King Planning since 2019, joining as a Principal Planner before rising through the ranks to Associate in January 2024, before rapidly ascending to Associate Director in December 2024.

Jamie’s work primarily focuses on affordable housing and through his professional practice he is determined to make the positive case for more affordable homes, to help real households facing the effects of the national housing crisis.

He has been involved in planning inquiries, hearings and Local Plan examinations nationwide giving expert evidence on the importance of affordable housing and the weight that it should carry in the planning balance. Recent projects have been in locations as diverse as Oxfordshire, rural Essex, Somerset and North Yorkshire.

Jamie also manages planning applications including outline and reserved matters applications for major residential development.

He plays an important role in supporting colleagues in successfully passing their RTPI Assessment of Professional Competence. He is always keen to support members of the team in their professional development and is jointly responsible for the company’s training and Continued Professional Development programme alongside Amy James.

Outside of the office, Jamie is keen to travel and has recently spent two months Interrailing around Europe.

Andrew joined Tetlow King in 2021 as a Senior Planner, before being promoted to Principal Planner in 2024. He provides nationally recognised expertise in relation to self-build and custom housebuilding.

He is experienced in providing expert evidence on self-build and custom housebuilding at appeal with a proven track record at both written representations and hearings. He also provides critical support to Director Andy Moger on the subject matter at planning appeal inquiries.

Andrew has provided development management advice at the annual East and West Self-Build and Design Shows and advises the National Custom and Self-Build Association (NaCSBA) Task Force.

He regularly advises clients on the likelihood of success through application and appeal through site appraisal work through his understanding of the legislative and regulatory position relating to self and custom build. As a result of his analytical approach Andrew has a track record of success at application stage for self-build and custom housebuilding and is well versed in forging excellent working relationships with case officers which has been critical to successfully managing applications through the development management process.

Outside of work, Andrew lives with his partner and their dog, Lenny, enjoying the great outdoors through seemingly endless dog walking. An avid Villa fan, he also follows Cheltenham Town and gets down to Whaddon Road whenever he can. Andrew enjoys cooking, particularly spicy food, exploring the Cotswolds, listening to music and going to festivals.

Leonie is a Principal Planner in the Bristol office with extensive planning consultancy experience. Since joining the company in 2019, Leonie has developed a number of town planning specialisms including affordable housing, housing needs surveys, and is also now working in the retirement housing sector.

Her wider experience includes providing general planning advice, site promotion and managing residential and commercial planning applications and appeals nationwide. Leonie also assists in running our South West and West Midlands Housing Association Planning Consortiums, providing training and representing registered providers of affordable housing at local and national consultations.

Keen to promote the social side of town planning, Leonie is a board member for the South West branch of Women in Planning; an independent network open to everyone with the aim to promote a diverse, equitable and inclusive planning industry. She has also spoken at events hosted by the national Women in Retirement Living network and likes to organise social events within the company.

Leonie undertook her town planning studies at The University of Reading and spent time travelling in Asia before returning to her home county of Somerset.

Dan joined Tetlow King Planning in 2024 as a senior planner.

He started his career at a small planning consultancy in Norfolk before joining a regional multi-disciplinary consultancy. Dan’s experience before joining Tetlow King Planning was primarily in development management, with projects ranging from minor residential schemes to urban extensions along with major employment sites.

Having spent most of his career working as part of tightknit multidisciplinary teams, it was important to Dan when moving back to Bristol to join a consultancy that valued collaborative working and recognised the impact planning has in shaping the communities we live in.

As a Senior Planner in the Bristol office, Dan contributes to the production of expert witness evidence for public inquiries primarily in relation to affordable housing. In addition, he continues to take on projects across a range of sectors including self-build and custom housebuilding.

Outside of work, Dan enjoys boardgames and has a keen interest in history.

Liam joined Tetlow King Planning in 2023 as a senior planner.

He began as a planning graduate at a small consultancy, before moving on to a regional housebuilder, developing a wide range of planning experience primarily in the residential sector. This experience spans from working on small scale householder projects, to carrying out large scale housing applications and strategic land promotion.

Liam returned to consultancy because he values working in a collaborative, tightknit team and working directly with clients.

As a Senior Planner, he offers crucial support in the production of affordable housing expert witness evidence for public inquiries, as well as managing his own portfolio of projects across multiple areas of planning from self and custom build to community facilities.

His broad range of experience enables him to work on a wide variety of planning projects of all scales, allowing him to stay up to date with knowledge and changes across different sectors of planning. Liam focusses on finding solutions, becoming personally invested in the needs and goals of his clients.

Nathan joined Tetlow King Planning in 2021 as a planning assistant, before rising to becoming a Planner based at the Bristol office.

With a keen interest in property and spatial planning, he provides both expertise and enthusiasm in equal measure.

He holds a BA (Hons) in Human Geography from Sheffield Hallam University (2018) and an MSc in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Birmingham (2021). Nathan is currently working towards chartered membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute and is progressing through his Assessment of Professional Competence.

Nathan has gained a wealth of experience managing minor planning applications and supporting senior staff with major planning submissions.

A key contribution of Nathan’s is drafting and submitting letters of representation to emerging local plans on behalf of the South West Housing Association Planning Consortium, as well as preparing Affordable Housing Proofs of Evidence and Affordable Housing Statements and assisting with the production of self-build and custom housebuilding evidence.

Nathan grew up in Leicestershire and made the move to Bristol to join Tetlow King Planning.

Kay joined Tetlow King as Office Manager and Principal Secretary in 2024 and brings a wealth of management and administrative experience in the private sector.

Having spent many years in London working primarily in the media sector, Kay moved to the Cotswolds in 2003 where she set up an office and event management company, using the knowledge she had gained to service small local businesses in the Wiltshire and Gloucestershire areas. Primarily in marketing, accounts and event organising, Kay also spent four years working as a Wedding Planner at a private Girls School.

From this position she became joint owner of a golf club business, leasing an 18-hole golf course in Wiltshire and in the process, finding a new hobby with her partner, before joining Tetlow King Planning.

Iain is a Senior Director and joined the company in 2014. He started in local government before joining a national multi-faceted planning consultancy, then moving to a small consultancy with a particular specialism in later living before joining the company, initially as a Principal Planner until becoming a Senior Director and leading the West Malling office.

Iain leads the later living specialism within the company, acting for a range of operators as well as providing advice to councils. He is involved in the promotion of sites, submission of applications, and providing expert evidence at appeals.

Whilst the later living sector is a particular area of specialism, he also leads on large scale residential developments for national housebuilders and SMEs across the South East.

In 2022 Jonathan joined Tetlow King. He is an Associate Director in the Kent office where he works with Senior Director Iain Warner and leads on the rural/agriculture specialism within the company.

He started his career in local government working in a North Kent authority from 1989 where he stayed for 19 years before moving into the private sector in 2008, he has over 35 years of planning experience.

Jonathan is based in the West Malling office and acts for a wide range of clients as well as local authorities. He is involved in all aspects of planning including site promotion, residential, commercial, listed buildings and enforcement matters. He is also an expert in rural planning.