50 Years

Celebrating our 50th Birthday

    • 1962 - Nathaniel Lichfield Associates founded on the back of planning the second wave of new towns
    • 1966 - Nathaniel Lichfield becomes RTPI President
    • 1966 - England wins the FIFA World Cup
    • 1968 - NLP advise the Roskill Third London Airport Commission
    • 1969 - Geoff Smith joins NLP
    • 1976 - Brent Cross - the UK's first regional shopping centre for Hammerson
    • 1984 - Launch of the first Apple Mac computer
    • 1986 - M25 is completed
    • 1986 - London City Airport - full permission granted for London's inner city airport
    • 1990 - Lakeside Shopping Centre opens for business
    • 1991 - Stansted Airport - the iconic new terminal opened
    • 1992 – NLP’s Newcastle office opens
    • 1992 - Black Wednesday - £ plummeted
    • 1992 - Newcastle Great Park - 500ha urban extension to north west of the city
    • 1994 - Daventry International Rail Freight Interchange (DIRFT) - one of Europe's largest rail freight interchanges
    • 1995 - GSK Greenford - award winning R&D building for GSK
    • 1994 - Nemesis, Europe's first inverted coaster opens at Alton Towers
    • 1996 - Metrocentre - Red Mall refresh for Europe's biggest shopping centre for CSC
    • 1996 - M&S and Selfridges - helping to re-build Manchester City Centre after the IRA bomb
    • 1999 – NLP’s Cardiff office opens
    • 1999 - London Eye - the iconic tourist attraction on the Thames
    • 2003 - Wembley Stadium - the listed twin towers make way for the new stadium
    • 2003 - England win the rugby world cup
    • 2007 - Wembley National Stadium - the world's most celebrated stadium for the FA
    • 2008 - Doon Street - permission for commercial leisure centre and residential tower on the South Bank
    • 2010 - Completion of final phase of BBC Broadcasting House development
    • 2010 - NLP launches its market leading HEaDROOM tool for local housing requirements, resulting in 50 new commissions
    • 2011 – NLP’s Leeds office opens
    • 2011 - Spenhill commences construction of New Square West Bromwich, anchored by Tesco Extra and Primark stores
    • 2011 - Olympic White Water Centre, subject of an NLP economic study, opens in the Lea Valley
    • 2011 - The Co-operative - permission for new HQ in Manchester
    • 2012 - NLP begin raising £50,000 for local charities during 2012
    • 2003 – NLP’s Manchester office opens

NLP is 50 years old in 2012. To celebrate this milestone we are aiming to raise £50,000 for seven charities local to our offices.

We will combine with clients, associated consultants, friends and family to reach our target. We are looking for more partners to help us in our fundraising so please contact Hayley Phipps or me if you would like to get involved. We would be delighted to hear from you.

Managing Director, James Fennell

From new towns and new airports to the country's first regional shopping centre and the world's most famous football stadium we have always been at the forefront of town planning in the UK. The above timeline provides a flavour of some of the projects that we have been involved with over the years.

NLP's pedigree is built on forging successful partnerships with clients and associated consultants including many of the leading players in the UK property industry.

We believe we are the market leader and the benchmark against which others in the town planning consultancy market measure themselves. If you want our experience and our innovative planning tools and approaches to add value to your business please contact one of our Office Leaders.

 

NLP Events and Fundraising
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May

Young Planners Pub Quiz The North East's young professionals turned out in force to compete for the coveted title of NLP Young Professional Quiz Champion. Approximately 80 clients, co-consultants and staff attended the event held in Tiger Tiger's Groovy Wonderland, all giving generously with £350 raised for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, one of our NLP50 charities.

More info May 15, 2012

Le Tour de Kielder NLP’s Newcastle Office is organising a charity cycling challenge at Kielder Water in Northumberland National Park

May 18, 2012

100km Cycle On Sunday 27 May Liz Mellett is cycling 100km in the Warwickshire countryside on behalf of the Velindre Cancer Charity. This is the first of two 100km sportives that Liz has entered to raise money for Velindre, the second being on Sunday 24 June from Bath to the Cotswolds and back (via lots of hills!). So far Liz has raised over £500 for charity and would be very grateful for any other donations - for more information please visit www.justgiving.com/lizmellett

May 27, 2012

London NLP50 Party St Pancras Renaissance Hotel

May 31, 2012
June

London to Brighton NLP staff to take on this 50k cycle ride

Jun 17, 2012

NLP50 Walk The NLP 50K canal path walk along the Grand Union Canal starts from Tring in Hertfordshire. We have an early start, 7am on Saturday 23 June and hope to complete later the same day and whilst it's still light! Our walk will take us through Marsworth, which is rated as one of the most picturesque parts of the Grand Union Canal; Ivinghoe, it has been suggested that Sir Walter Scott might have taken the name and modified it for the title of his famous novel Ivanhoe; Pitstone and Cheddington with the distant Chiltern hills forming a backdrop; Soullbury Three Locks, working boat people said these locks were haunted; Milton Keynes and (at last!) finishing in Wolverton, Buckinghamshire.

Jun 23, 2012

100km Cycle Liz felt that cycling 100km in May on behalf of the Velindre Cancer Charity was not enough for the very generous donations she has received to date so has also entered the 100km Bike Bath sportive. Taking place on Sunday 24 June this ride is from Bath to the Cotswolds and back via lots of hills! To make the 4,000+ ft of climbing a bit less painful Liz would be very grateful for donations - for more information please visit www.justgiving.com/lizmellett

Jun 24, 2012

NLP High Fliers This summer courageous NLP staff and clients, with nerves of steel and a fondness for living life on the edge, will be launching themselves almost 50m from the roof of the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead and zip wiring 300m diagonally across the River Tyne, all in the name of raising money for The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation and celebrating NLP50.

More info Jun 30, 2012
July

Come run with NLP NLP staff and clients will be participating in the British 10K London Run to support the NLP50 charities

Jul 08, 2012

NLP get crafty Following on from the 2011 Turner Prize Exhibition at the Baltic in Newcastle Gateshead, the Newcastle office will be organising an art competition for children during the 2012 school summer holidays.

Jul 23, 2012