Dr Richard Pagett

…an international development advisor and author specialising in a range
of environmental, social, sustainability, climate change, security,
resilience and other issues. He holds a University of London BSc (Zoology,
Botany, Chemistry and Geology) and a science-based PhD. Following his
degrees, he took a postdoctoral research fellowship for four years at the
University of Leeds working on rare earth geochemistry in the deep ocean. He
then began a career of international development around the world. He works
mostly with international funding agencies and national governments and has
hands-on knowledge and experience in 135 countries.

Purton Neighbourhood Plan – time to comment

There is a lot of information about the draft Purton Neighbourhood Plan (download here) in the Purton Magazine, on the Parish Council website and at the various consultation events. I and Mike Bell wrote the Purton Planning for the Future (download here) which is the evidence base for the Plan. However, experts (kindly paid by you) were brought in by the Parish Council to help on the Plan itself. Mike and I were not involved. So, there are two major messages. You will see that the Plan document itself is […]

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