Joining the firm immediately, Craig sits within the nationally-focussed planning team and works across Scotland from its Edinburgh office.

Formerly a director with JLL, Craig has a strong background and over 21 years’ consultancy experience providing planning and development advice to clients. He specialises in strategic property consultancy on projects including city centre developments, urban regeneration, commercial, retail, hotels, renewables, masterplanning, and environmental impact assessments, with particular expertise in mixed-use, higher education and student accommodation projects.

Andrew Munnis, Scottish planning partner at Montagu Evans, said: “This is an important appointment for the firm, signalling our commitment to growing the team both here in Scotland and south of the border, with more recruits likely to follow.

“Montagu Evans is already very well-established in Scotland with high profile planning projects including Quartermile, Waverley Mall and Glasgow Fort and Craig will be a great addition to the team, especially around large scale, complex mixed-use developments, higher education and student housing.”