Steering group

Rhiannon is a Planner at Montagu Evans, based in their Glasgow Office. Prior to this she worked in Development Management at Glasgow City Council, Development Planning at Perth and Kinross Council and in Strategic Development Plan whilst working at Taylpan, gaining a range of planning experince. Rhiannon is currently a volunteer with PAS (Planning Aid for Scotland) and is on the committee of the Central Scotland RTPI Chapter. She also sat on the Scottish Executive Committee of the RTPI and was a committee member of the East of Scotland RTPI Chapter. She graduated in 2014 from the RTPI-accredited Town & Regional Planning course at the University of Dundee and became a chartered member of the RTPI in June 2016. Rhiannon became a member of the Steering Group in 2017.

Sean is the current co-chair of the Scottish Young Planners Network. He is the Senior Project Officer for Glasgow City Council and Horizon 2020’s Connecting Nature project where Glasgow is a front runner city. His role involves working with both local and international partners to identify innovative ways to use nature-based solutions to help deliver Glasgow’s recently adopted open space strategy. Sean graduated with a BA (Hons) in City Planning and an MSc in International Spatial Planning and is a chartered member of the Royal Town Planning Institute. He is a young urbanist with the Academy of Urbanism and currently co-chairs the Academy’s Scottish Advisory Group.

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://connectingnature.eu/

Twitter: @seanuc

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-vincent-kelly-mrtpi-1b4758101/

Paul joined the SYPN as the Scottish Government representative at the beginning of 2018 and provides the link between the SYPN to Scottish Ministers and the Planning and Architecture Division. Paul is a Chartered Planner at the Scottish Government and graduated from Dundee University with an MSc in Spatial Planning with a specialism in Environmental Assessment. Paul has had a number of roles within the Scottish Government, but is now a permanent member of the Planning Decisions team and deals with a variety of planning matters such as notified applications, called-in cases and environmental assessments. Paul has particular interests in the digital transformation of the planning system, as well as getting more young people interested and involved in planning.

Jane is a Strategic Planner with Clydeplan. She previously worked in Development Management for three years at LLTNPA and WDC. Prior to that she worked at the Scottish Government as a Graduate Planner. Jane graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University with a BSc in Environmental Management in 2014, and from University of Glasgow with a Masters in Planning and Regeneration in 2015 and became Chartered in 2019. Jane was the Student Representative of the SYPN Steering Group in 2014/15, and joined again as an Ordinary Member in 2017. She was Convenor of West of Scotland Chapter in 2019, and continues to sit on the Committee.

Lenka has recently joined the Steering Group. She is a Project Officer at PAS, working towards her RTPI chartership. She graduated from Heriot Watt University in 2018 with BSc in Urban Planning and Property Development (RTPI & RICS accredited) followed by MSc Global Sustainable Cities at the University of Strathclyde. Her previous work experience includes work for the Prague Institute of Planning and she has experience in commercial surveying in Edinburgh based firm.

Hannah joined the Steering Group in 2021 and currently works with Savills. She graduated from Heriot Watt University in 2018 with a BSc (Hons) in Urban Planning and Property Development. After graduating, Hannah started at Savills on their graduate scheme as a Graduate Planner and has recently started her role as a Planner after gaining her RTPI Chartered Membership in September 2020. She is based in Savills Edinburgh and Perth offices and assists clients in bringing forward housing, infrastructure and tourism developments across the whole of Scotland, with a particular focus on rural areas. Hannah also has experience in influencing future planning policy by contributing to rural planning research projects with the Scottish Government and other bodies. Hannah also has experience working within the public sector whist completing two summer placements at Perth & Kinross Council, within the Strategy and Policy team whilst at university.