About us

 

DJC1 Planning provides consultancy and training in planning, regernation, urban design, heritage and community engagement. The practice is a recognised Historic Environment Service Provider under the IHBC's HESPR scheme.

Previous and current clients include CABE, English Heritage, The Ironbridge Institute, The Civic Trust and various local authorities and private sector clients.

 

Portrait of Dave ChetwynDave Chetwyn MA, MRTPI, IHBC, FInstLM is the Director of DJC1 Planning Limited.

He is also the UK Chair of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), Chair of Urban Vision North Staffordshire and a CABE Enabler. He is also Vice-Chair of the National Planning Forum.

Dave is the former Head of Planning Aid England with the Royal Town Planning Institute and prior to that worked for 17 years in planning and regeneration in local government, specialising in design and heritage-led regeneration. He has helped to develop and deliver training and adult education programmes for various organisations, including CABE, the Civic Trust and Keele University.

He has also been involved with a range of Government groups and parliamentary select committees concerned with planning, regeneration, heritage protection, urban design and community engagement.

Dave is a Chartered member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and a full member of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation. He has MAs in both Town Planning and Architectural History.

 

Associates

 

Portrait of Stacey SykesStacey Sykes, BA Arch Cons graduated with a first class honours degree in Architectural Conservation from the University of Derby and also has an HND in Interior Architecture. She is an associate member of the IHBC.

Her career has involved working within both architectural practices and within historic building consultancy practices. She has worked on a number of significant conservation projects, providing detailed technical advice, drawings and subsequent documents for planning submissions relating to the historic built environment. She has provided advice written and verbal advice to the private sector for a variety of issues relating to the historic built environment.

Stacey has also been the team leader of the Barnsley Planning Advisory Committee. She is a volunteer for SAVE Britain’s Heritage and is a member of the Barnsley Civic Trust and the Potteries Heritage Society.

 

DJC1 works with a number of partners on specific contracts. These include the following:

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