Halls expands planning and development services
Shrewsbury property group hires two new faces to its growing team
Growing demand for planning and development services across Shropshire has prompted a property company to recruit two more team members.
Dan Callaghan, land development and new home manager, joins planning consultant Ed Blunt on the roster at Shrewsbury-based Halls.
Mr Callaghan has worked in Australia and the UK over the past 30 years as a development manager, property consultant and sustainable development specialist.
He has advised landowners as a consultant on redevelopment and disposal strategies and worked as a property developer at St George, Multiplex UK and APN Property Group.
He said: "I am passionate about true sustainability.
"I see my role as helping all our varied clients to maximise their property and land assets through sustainable development, utilising the considerable experience and expertise that exists across the wider Halls team."
Mr Blunt, who has a degree in sociology and criminology and a masters in spatial planning and development, added: "I am very fortunate to have joined a growing team at Halls.
"My being taken on is a bi-product of expansion and I am looking forward to helping with the workload and increasing my skills."
Paul Watson, Halls' associate director and senior planning consultant, said his department had seen a 20 per cent increase in business in the past year, including many more complex planning applications.
He added: "Dan and Ed have been recruited to increase our level of service to support clients who instruct Halls and to reduce the lead time for projects.
"We are supporting such a diverse range of projects, including the promotion of land for housing and consequent planning applications."
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