Peter Hakes Chartered Town Planner and Environmental Consultant

Peter Hakes Chartered Town Planner & Environmental Consultant

About Us

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I'm Peter Hakes, the principal of the consultancy which was established in 2004. I am a Fellow of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and I hold a Post Graduate Diploma in Management Studies.
I am also a Member of the RTPI Independent Consultants Network.

Having been in planning since 1966 working in a number of local authorities, I have amassed a wealth of experience and expertise in all aspect of planning.

In 1992 I produced the first edition of Planning Legislation Update, and have been running this service ever since. See our Planning Legislation page.

Latterly and until leaving in 2004, I was Environmental Strategy Manager at Essex County Council, in charge of a team, whose aim was to support and promote the concept of sustainability.

Also in 1992 I initiated the Essex Guide to Environmental Impact Assessment on behalf of the Essex Development Control Forum and Essex Planning Officers' Association (EPOA).
The EPOA has subsequently commissioned this consultancy to continue to review and update the Guide. See our Environmental Impact Assessment page.

I currently lecture on Environmental Impact Assessment at Anglia Ruskin University, and have lectured on this subject at Aberystwyth University, Colchester Institute, London School of Economics, University of Greenwich etc. and given numerous talks on the subject. I helped initiate the MSc course on Environmental Impact Assessment in Cambridge in 1992.