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Turley expands EIA service with two new appointments

We have strengthened our Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) offer with two new hires in our London office, appointing Mary Mescall as Director and Abbie Becker as Senior Consultant.

Mary joins from Stantec (previously Barton Willmore) and brings over 24 years’ experience in all areas of Environmental Planning and Assessment. She has a wealth of experience in leading and co-ordinating the EIA process from inception to post-submission and consent across a wide variety of sectors including mixed-use, residential, urban regeneration and net zero infrastructure.

Mary brings extensive knowledge of all EIA technical disciplines, consenting regimes (including Town and Country Planning and Development Consent Orders), advising both developers and local authorities, alongside a comprehensive understanding of EIA Regulations and case law.

Abbie also joins from Stantec with over five years’ experience across a range of land development and infrastructure projects, and a strong track record in providing specialist EIA advice for a range of private and public sector clients across sectors including residential, commercial and industrial.

The appointments come at a time of potential regulatory evolution, in the form of Environmental Outcomes Reports, along with transformative shifts in client requirements driven by National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) reform and the net zero agenda.

Mary and Abbie will add further specialist knowledge to both our London team and its wider capacity across the UK and Ireland, bolstering our ability to support clients as a trusted advisor against this changing regulatory and broader industry context.

Speaking about the appointments, Head of EIA, Andrew Malcomson, said:

“Mary and Abbie’s appointments strengthen our EIA presence in London, adding to our established reputation in the market and increasing our capacity across the UK and Ireland to a 13 strong team.

“Our EIA service continues to grow at pace, following established and continued success over the past six years, working collaboratively with our clients across a variety of sectors including flagship nationally important projects and net zero infrastructure. We’re seeing an ever-increasing demand for valued, trusted, EIA advisors amidst a growing desire in the industry for EIA to appropriately manage risk, whilst delivering robust and proportionately scoped EIAs to improve project outcomes.”

Mary added: 

“Turley enjoys an acknowledged reputation for excellence within the industry and I’m excited to join the team in London. I look forward to continuing to work alongside Abbie as well as the wider Turley team on a variety of projects across both London and nationally, providing expert services to our clients.”

23 September 2024