Barney Ray
Planner
A senior planner within the specialist hospitality and leisure sector.
A senior planner within the specialist hospitality and leisure sector.
Barney loves seeing the projects he has worked on come to life and the H&L sector is the perfect fit.
Barney helps hospitality operators facilitate investments and expand their businesses. With his knowledge of the sector, and the planning permissions that he has achieved, doors have been opened for many operators.
Barney particularly appreciates being able to visit a site on which he obtained planning, and view the finished scheme. In this fast paced sector, this can become a reality in as little as a couple of months.
He has worked on many H&L projects but also undertakes work on behalf of a myriad of clients in other sectors. A proud achievement was being approached by the Oxford Preservation Trust who requested he nominate his Harcourt Arboretum project for an award. The project involved a sensitive landscape and comprised an application for new paths throughout the site to facilitate increasing visitor numbers. Being a Grade I Listed park and garden and a conservation area, this was a challenging project to manage but one which Barney delivered.
Oxfordshire Local Plan Watch - Autumn 2020
There has been significant change in the local plan positions across Oxfordshire’s five main areas, along with progress in the County’s wider 2050 Plan. South Oxfordshire District Council are finally making good progress after months of uncertainty, while other districts with recently adopted plans are setting out proposals for new emerging plans. Cherwell has the most recent progress, seeing the adoption of their Partial Review on 7th September.
Oxfordshire Local Plan Watch - Spring 2020
Our Planning team constantly monitor the activities of local planning authorities in Oxfordshire to identify opportunities for clients. Our spring update provides an insight to latest local plans coming forward across the region.
Oxfordshire Local Plan Watch - Spring 2021
There has been significant change in the local plan positions across Oxfordshire’s five main areas, along with progress in the county’s wider 2050 Plan. Both Cherwell and South Oxfordshire are the subject of legal challenges against recently adopted plans, while the temporary three-year housing land supply across Oxfordshire has reverted back to five-years, as of 25th March 2021.
