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Tom has over 30 years experience in town and country planning. A Chartered Town Planner, he has worked in new town forward planning and master planning, had 8 years experience as a local authority development planner, and spent 17 years with the Scottish Executive where he led teams, managed research projects and formulated national planning policy and advice. This included policy on integrated planning and transport, flooding, open space and rural development. Whilst at the Scottish Executive he also worked on urban regeneration initiatives and structure plan approval.
He spent a year in Brussels as a national expert responsible for community initiatives and the programme to support sustainable development across the EU.
He left the Executive to become more involved in implementation and delivery of projects, and worked for a private sector planning consultancy on regeneration schemes, renewable energy proposals and master planning. As a consultant he completed and promoted “Planning for Rural Development” (SPP15) for the Scottish Executive before setting up Hardie Planning Consultancy in January 2006.
Tom is also a part-time Senior Lecturer in Rural Policy & Spatial Planning at the University of Aberdeen.
Tom is a registered member of the Live Work Network and is actively promoting a number of live work opportunities in rural areas that enable people living in the Scottish countryside to enjoy the benefits of starting a business and working from, or in close proximity to, their new energy efficient home, without having to commute to work.
For more details of the Live Work Network, see the link on Useful Links page.
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