Ben has always been an active member of RTPI West Midlands and previously Young Planners West Midlands. He actively champions the profession and region through his roles as the Regional Representative on General Assembly, and the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead building relationships with other institutes and groups including Building Equality. He looks forward to doing the same as Senior Vice Chair. 

In his day job, Ben is Highways Development Management & Control Manager at Worcestershire County Council overseeing its statutory requirements within the planning process including highway responses and road adoptions. 

Tim has over 30 years’ experience and scars to prove it, advising both private and public sector clients in relation to planning matters for strategic property initiatives for new developments and rationalising property holdings across the whole country. Tim has worked in the Midlands for most of his professional life starting on Colmore Row as student in 1986 and has seen the City and profession and industry evolve significantly over that time.