Ian Butter

Hello. I am Ian Butter FRICS MRTPI a Chartered Surveyor & Town Planner advising clients throughout Britain. I have also established www.handyforwork.com to help people work smarter on the move.

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PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND INVOLVEMENT for IAN BUTTER ARICS (P & D) - Awarded 1986;  FRICS - Elected 1995; MRTPI - Elected 2009; former RICS North-West Chairman Lancashire Branch;  Chairman Lancashire Local Association 2007-8; Current Chairman Blackpool RNLI LIfeboat Station and lifeboat crew member. 

Head of Consultancy at Rural Solutions Ltd

July 2002 - May 2009

Activities: Management of Consultancy Team; Delivery of +£1m budget; Inter-departmental liaison and advice on planning matters to construction and management departments; Development and delivery of new business. Key Achievements: Rural regeneration projects for heritage properties; Securing 80,000sq ft of residential development adjoining a castle on the side of Loch Ness; LDF submissions for new ‘Poundbury’ style market town extension in Dorset; Part of successful team in market town regeneration bid (2008) for mixed residential, retail, social and community uses.

Equity Director at HLL Humberts Leisure Ltd

April 1996 - July 2002

Activities: Planning and Development advice to the leisure industry; Internal advice to valuation and agency departments; ICT Manager. Achievements: Assistance in upgrading of Butlins Holiday Centres (£130m); Appearances at and representations to over 40 Local Plan Inquiries;

Co-Director at Anderson Associates Ltd

November 1988 - April 1996

Activities: Consultancy Advice; Town Planning Specialist; Office Manager. A successful business developed from small beginnings with just two people to an eventual team of 12. Our merger with HLL was mutually agreed after nearly 8 years of co-operation and discussion. Ironically a year later we absorbed my original

Senior Planner at Dunlop Heywood

January 1986 - November 1988

Activities: Consultancy Advice. Town Planning Specialist. Office Manager

Senior Planner at Fleury Manico (Preston)

January 1982 - August 1986

Activities: Consultancy Advice. Town Planning Specialist.

Junior Planner at Fleury Manico (London)

January 1978 - October 1982

Activities; Consultancy, general surveying and Town Planning Advice.

Managing Director at Handy for Work

April 2012

Handy for Work is a new free to use business website with a free APP designed to help you work smarter on the move. As a regular traveller the rapid development of the internet and mobile equipment means you can work almost anywhere. Well, nearly. It has become a fundamental law of 'agile' working that wherever you need to be for business is the one place on the planet you cannot easily track down an internet connection or any necessary facilities and services. And they could be just around the corner from you. Handy for Work aims to build a worldwide database of helpful locations and businesses so that wherever you need to go for work (or on holiday for that matter) you are not far from a helpful resource. There are some 50,000 locations already active and we are adding more every week. You can contribute too by submitting and rating your own favourite locations or posting your business in the directory. We are just setting out, so do bookmark Handy for Work and check back. You can follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Google and LinkedIn. Why not download the APP. If you have any questions or comments then feel free to let us know. And if nothing else I hope you find this website Handy for Work

Managing Director at The Rural and Urban Planning Consultancy

June 2009

My expertise has taken me all over Britain, often dealing with sensitive planning issues in both town and country. Clients have included a diverse range of individuals, public and private organisations, national and international companies. I am a Board member for iSurv Planning the Institutions’ online planning service for its members and the general public and the RICS UK World Regional Board. I co-wrote a sustainable tourism guide which is now referred to as a source of good practice within the Governments’, “Good Practice Guidance on Planning for Tourism”. My book “The New Planning System – Questions & Answers” was published in May 2009. In 2008 I provided specialist information to Matthew Taylor MP concerning his report to the Prime Minister on the rural economy and affordable housing. Having been a keen rugby and hockey player for school, college and clubs in both the West Country and London, I now maintain a watching brief from the sideline. An accomplished orienteer and yachtsman, outside of the family, aviation is my passion and I have been an enthusiastic private pilot since 1981. I also enjoy reading, motor sport, space exploration, and jazz music. I was appointed Chairman of the Blackpool Lifeboat Station by the RNLI in 2006 having been active on the committee since 2000. I was appointed onto the crew as a deputy launching authority in 2009.

University of Plymouth

1975 – 1978

Geography

Gordano School (Bristol)

1972 – 1975

BSc (Hons)

St Pauls School (Surrey)

1969 – 1972

Flying, sailing, jazz music, motor sports,