New appointment boosts Gillespies’ Urban Design expertise in Manchester

Jim Fox has joined Gillespies' Manchester office as an Associate Partner and will be heading up urban design for the north region.

A well-known and respected planner and urban designer, Jim Fox joins Gillespies from IBI Group (incorporating Taylor Young) where he was a studio director. He has successfully led large multi-disciplinary teams to deliver large-scale infrastructure-led masterplanning, public realm and planning developments.  Recent key projects include an urban extension at Ashton Green in Leicester, an urban design framework in Ashton Town Centre, and a masterplan design guidance and landscape strategy for a mixed-use urban extension in Northallerton.

Jim is a visiting fellow at Sheffield Hallam University whose expertise is often sought for articles in Urban Design and Landscape Journals. He is a member of the Design Council (CABE) National Design Review and a Chartered member of The Royal Town Planning Institute. He holds a Diploma in Town Planning from the Oxford Brookes University and is a Registered Practitioner in Urban Design.

Jim will provide design leadership to help Gillespies' clients deliver innovative, sustainable and successful projects.

Jim Gibson, Partner at Gillespies’ Manchester office, said:

We are delighted that Jim Fox has joined Gillespies' Manchester office to head up the masterplanning offer for the North and we look forward to integrating this with an established landscape offer working on a range of residential, town centre and infrastructure related projects. This new appointment further enhances Gillespies' established urban design and landscape planning team.