John McLarty

John McLarty

Managing Partner | Chelmsford

John has over 23 years of experience providing planning consultancy advice to a range of landowners and the wider development sector. He specialises in strategic consultancy to individual landowners and developers who need upfront professional planning advice. 

John is a qualified Town Planner and Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). John acts for a wide variety of clients including landowners, estates, trusts, charities, corporate bodies, investors, land promoters, developers and house builders.

He has worked on a series of garden village schemes, significant urban extensions, commercial business parks, as well as a range of rural diversification proposals for traditional landowners.

Spare time is family orientated with his wife and daughter. Most of the early morning swims are dedicated to his daughter's ambitions of making the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

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John McLarty

John McLarty

Feb, 02 2025
Annual Planning Lecture 2025 – The NPPF

“National planning policy has never been as exciting as it is right now.” – great and good of planning gather for informative Ceres Property Planning Lecture Labour’s promised shake-up of […]

John McLarty

John McLarty

Feb, 02 2025
Grey belt holds potential for 800,000 new homes for social housing sector

The latest research by planning and development consultancy, Ceres Property, suggests that Labour’s introduction of the grey belt could help bring a significant boost to social housing stock levels across […]

John McLarty

John McLarty

Sep, 09 2024
Back to Business – Autumn 2024

The summer of 2024 is now behind us, with the Euro Finals and the Paris Olympics making it a summer to remember. But Ceres Property has not been sitting back. […]

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