Lee Searles MRTPI
Lee is the Director of Pellegram Ltd having joined the business in 2021 after a 33 years’ career in planning and environmental consultancy. Lee has worked as a freelance policy consultant, as an elected town and district councillor, in policy/communications working for local government with central government, as a strategic planner in London and as a civil servant working on rural development issues. Lee directs all support provided by the company to the town and parish councils including Neighbourhood Plans, plan reviews, local plan representations and parish council responses to planning applications.
Lee is currently working with town and parish councils who face a range of challenges based on their size, location and external planning pressures. He helps local neighbourhood plan groups to set a vision and objectives to meet their needs, whether it is to make things happens when otherwise they will not, or to manage change to safeguard local community objectives and secure benefits from development, or to ensure that local community views and evidence are taken into account when speculative development is taking place.
Lee also leads on the preparation of local plan representations and responses to planning applications on behalf of parish and town councils. He has detailed knowledge of planning policy approaches to the provision of essential local facilities including sport, recreation, community halls, shops, town centres, health, education, allotments and cemeteries, and can help local communities to gather and present evidence to support their policies and views.
Nick Pellegram MRTPI
Nick is a chartered town planner with experience in managing complex planning applications, planning appeals, strategic site promotion and local plan representations on behalf of landowners and developers. Nick has worked on strategic projects for residential, commercial, and minerals and waste sites, and has been involved in the preparation of planning strategies, planning applications, planning appeals, local plan promotion and examination. Since joining the business in 2024 from Iceni Projects, where he worked in London for three years, Nick has taken on management of several Neighbourhood Plans involving site allocations, green infrastructure priorities and reviews of older Made plans.
In moving to Gloucestershire to join Pellegram Ltd, Nick has entered his family business which is focused on providing expert planning support for parish and town councils. He is keen to ensure that local voices are properly represented in the planning process and demonstrate how planning can drive positive change in communities.