Planning promotions and new appointments at Vail Williams' Guildford office 4th July 2013

Commercial property consultancy Vail Williams' Guildford office has signed up two talented new additions and made two promotions in its Crawley and London teams.

Joining the planning discipline are John McNally, a senior planner with more than 14 years’ experience, and Chris Fairchild, a graduate planner. Covering the south-east and London, they both bring further skills and expertise to benefit Vail Williams’ clients. Their appointments follow on from the recent recruitment of planning expert Elizabeth Burt.

John has extensive private sector experience in residential, commercial and retail having worked at CBRE for over three years and ESA Planning. He has acted at every stage of the planning process, from promoting development sites to contesting public inquiries.

He also brings in-depth knowledge of public sector planning having spent the early part of his career at the London boroughs of Hounslow and Lambeth, and more recently in the Major Applications Team of Hammersmith and Fulham.

Chris Fairchild, who finished his Masters in Planning at the University of Liverpool in 2012, brings additional capacity and energy to the Vail Williams team.

James Lacey, head of planning at Vail Williams, said: “John and Chris are bringing even more of the skills and experience that we prize at Vail Williams. Our people have the depth and variety of market expertise that truly benefits our clients.

“These appointments demonstrate Vail Williams’ commitment to understanding our clients’ business needs and providing solutions that support and address these.

“They join at a time when we’ve taken on a number of exciting new projects and clients, and I’m delighted to welcome them both to the team.”

“In addition to the new recruits, Jennifer Sanders has been promoted to Planner Level 2 in our London office and Rosie Sterry from graduate to Planner Level 1 in our Crawley office. They have both worked on some high profile planning projects and during the last year have shown real commitment to personal development.”