Heart of the South West LEP – another conflict of interest?

Nick Engert

What his LEP profile says:

When is a conflict of interest not a conflict of interest? Who knows …

Nick is a regular advocate for over thirty years at public inquiries into planning appeals and objections to Local Plan proposals. He was made a partner in 1979 and ultimately chairman of the whole firm in 2000. Nick retired from the partnership in 2009, but remains a consultant with Clarke Willmott with particular emphasis on advising land owners in respect of current major nuclear development proposals in Somerset.”

What his entry on his former employer’s website says (he remains a consultant to the firm):

Nick has a national reputation as a planning advocate and regularly provides advice on a broad range of planning matters. He advises a number of public and private institutions and major landowners on issues relating to planning applications and appeals, environmental aspects of property transactions, development control, planning agreements, enforcement notices and listed buildings. Nick is recommended as a leader in the planning field by the legal directories.”

More nuclear interests … and the land around …