James is a Partner within the EIA Service, part of the planning division, leading a team of expert practitioners who manage, co-ordinate and produce environmental impact assessments for a wide range of complex residential, commercial, waste, leisure and mixed-use urban development and infrastructure projects across England.
James joined Bidwells in 2007 from previous employment with a local planning authority in Norfolk, where he was involved in both planning policy formulation and development control.
James is also a chartered town planner and continues to provide specialist town planning advice to a range of private and corporate clients.
Paul has lived in the Norwich area since 1977, although he was for a time responsible for setting up and running a branch office in Manchester for a number of years, from 2001. Originally from Dewsbury in Yorkshire, he moved around the country before his parents settled in Ipswich. Having finished school, he immediately went to work for a number of Councils in the area before moving to Norwich.
He has had over 40 years experience in Town and Country Planning, of which 25 was in Local Government. In February 1998, he joined Carpenter Planning Consultants and made a Director in March 2000. In March 2004, CPC merged with Bidwells and he assisted in a programme of expanding the planning consultancy part of the business and establishing new offices.
Paul is the Associate Partner / Architecture & Planning for the Brown & Co office in Norwich. His core skills are promoting sustainable development and delivering planning permission on a wide range of sites. Paul is currently a national judge for Planning and Placemaking Awards, and is a member of the Building Growth sector group advising New Anglia LEP on the delivery of its Strategic Economic Plan.
In his free time, Paul can be seen either golfing or gardening (sometimes combining the two!) and holidaying on cruises.
Bruce is a Partner in Paul Robinson Partnership (UK) LLP. He is an architectural technician with over 35 years experience of building and project design and project administration.
Bruce has successfully seen many projects through fully from feasibility to completion on site. He works in many sectors, including retail, commercial and industrial, sports and leisure, housing, agricultural, medical and education.
Paul Robinson Partnership (UK) LLP is a Norfolk based architectural practice with a successful track record of over 40 years. Within the client portfolio, the Practice includes national and international companies as well as individual and private sector clients. They work on projects nationwide. Their projects range from one-off commissions fully into multi million pound construction projects.
Paul Robinson Partnership provides a practical design process throughout their projects. At the same time, they tailor their service to the individual needs and aspirations of all clients and all the projects are overseen by Partners or Associates within the company. This philosophy has retained a large portfolio of returning clients.
I am a Chartered Surveyor and senior property surveyor in the Aviva Property and Facilities team, specialising in the management of the corporate estate in the UK and Ireland, but with further responsibilities in Europe and North America. My main task is dealing with acquisitions, disposals and corporate property strategy.
I have lived in South Norfolk for 26 years with my wife, my children having abandoned Norfolk for London and Canada.
In my spare time, I enjoy watching Rugby and Cricket, my playing days long past, Military history, having written the official history of No.47 Squadron RAF, and my 20-year-old Land Rover Defender.
Robert Todd (RICS) DipProjMan MCIAT MAPM, Managing Partner at Feilden + Mawson Architects. He leads the firm’s work in the Commercial, Housing & Partnering sectors and specializes in the management of Design & Build contracts and fast-track projects. Robert joined F+M in 1985 and, building on the experience of a number of Design & Build contracts, he successfully progressed into project management and PFI. He now provides a combination of both project management and technical skills
Robert was seconded to the Norfolk Police Authority as Client Technical Advisor on their new operations and communication centre at Wymondham, he has also successfully managed and delivered fast-track projects such as new distribution and call centres for one of the UK’s largest toy companies and for Start Rite Shoes, new car showrooms for BMW, Mini and Porsche on a gateway site into Norwich, large-scale offices in Cambridge and the Fellowes Plain housing development on the former hospital site in Norwich.
Currently, he is acting as internal project manager on the campus redevelopment at the National Construction College at Bircham Newton and leading the team on the redevelopment of the facilities for Lotus Group at Hethel in Norfolk.
Jonathan is a Chartered Civil Engineer possessing over 23 years of experience in working with both Private Sector and Public Sector clients solving technical property and infrastructure problems and providing specialist advice on transportation, flood, energy, utilities, infrastructure, drainage, CDM, water supply and project management.
Jonathan is Managing Director of Create Consulting – a dynamic, new engineering and environmental consultancy providing support on all technical aspects of land and property development. Create’s successful combination of a wide range of experienced technical expertise coupled with a personal service is delivering practical engineering and environmental advice across the UK and is now actively seeking opportunities further afield.
Create’s multi-disciplinary approach to engineering and environmental consulting has brought it a number of prestigious national and local clients, resulting in Create successfully and rapidly increasing its turnover. The company has expanded into London and is also eyeing the Cambridge market, amongst others.
Create is working within the knowledge sector and puts sustainability at the heart of all it does, whether for clients or for itself. It is positioning itself to become a major business over the next few years and is committed to remaining in Norwich, with bespoke new premises that operate to the highest energy standards.
Jonathan is a member of the Board for the Norfolk Chambers of Commerce and holds sector responsibility for Transport, Planning and Construction as the Chair of the Chamber’s Planning & Development Group.
Jonathan is also the Norfolk Chambers Representative for the New Anglia LEP Transport Forum.
Jonathan was enormously proud for Create to be awarded the accolade of the EDP Best New Business Award for 2011.
James Allen, BA FRICS, is Senior Partner of Norwich-based Roche Chartered Surveyors, the largest specialist firm of commercial property consultants in Norfolk. He advises clients in respect of commercial property agency, investment and development matters, primarily in the office, industrial and warehouse markets as well as providing strategic advice to occupiers in these areas. As a firm, Roche is active in all commercial property sectors and was the highest ranked single-office firm in East Anglia in 2011 in the Estates Gazettes Interactive rankings of deals.
James has been involved in the successful development of Broadland Business Park since its inception and acts for the owners of numerous office buildings and industrial estates throughout the region. He qualified as a Chartered Surveyor with Norwich Union (now AVIVA) and joined Roche in 1989, becoming a partner in 1991.
Ian qualified in May 1989 as a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and has over 25 years of property experience. Ian gained considerable experience with Savills, Drivers Jonas and six years with Chesterton Plc as a Director. During this time, he covered all aspects of commercial property including freehold and leasehold disposal and acquisition, and strategic asset management advice for a wide range of corporate and private clients.
Ian was with private property company Targetfollow from 2000 – 2011, where he became Managing Director of Property and Development with overall responsibility for running the Group’s portfolio of 60 assets. Reporting to the board and managing 6 departments, Ian had direct accountability for the property, development & project management, facilities management, technology and marketing departments.
During this time Ian was directly involved in the acquisition of over £500 million of property assets, the management of over 700 tenants and the delivery of major development projects.
Ian’s remit also encompassed Managing Director of Targetspace, a company providing high quality serviced office space. Targetspace employed a team of 20 people and managed over 1,400 workstations in four different locations.
