Neil Murphy, Director, Policy, Planning & Economics

Meet Neil Murphy

He runs our Newcastle office.

He’s an ex-Treasury civil servant with a critical eye for detail.

He’s particularly interested in the social and economic aspects of sustainability and urban planning.

He’s helped Manchester get fit for climate change and London plan for a sustainable Olympic legacy.

He clings stubbornly to his fixed-gear bike despite living in one of Britain’s hilliest cities.

Tell me more

Neil specialises in the social and economic dimensions of sustainable development and in strategic planning, policymaking and governance for sustainable cities and regions.  He oversees our projects on urban strategy, regeneration and placemaking as well as being our lead in-house planner.

Since joining Beyond Green in 2007, he’s led our work on climate change in Manchester and on the 2012 Olympic Legacy Masterplan Framework and advised on strategic masterplanning and regeneration programmes in London, Dublin, the Midlands, the West of Scotland and several New Zealand cities.  He’s currently leading the planning process for Beyond Green Developments’ urban extension in Broadland, north of Norwich.

Before joining Beyond Green, Neil was seconded as an economic adviser from HM Treasury to Newcastle City Council, where he worked in neighbourhood regeneration, city-regional policy and on the economic masterplanning of central NewcastleGateshead.  As a senior policy advisor at the Treasury he advised ministers on a range of issues including tax policy, welfare reform, housing, urban policy and local government as well as serving as a private secretary to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

Neil runs Beyond Green’s Newcastle office where he lives with his wife, Susan, and their young son.

The facts:

MA (Hons), Politics, Philosophy & Economics, Oxford University

Recent project work:

Lead planner, North Sprowston and Old Catton, Norfolk
Planning appeal leader, Pincents Hill, West Berkshire.
Sustainability advisor, Project Earls Court.
Project director, 2012 Host Boroughs’ Strategic Regeneration Framework sustainability framework.
Strategic advice on delivering sustainable regeneration for Waitakere and Christchurch, New Zealand.
Project director, sustainability, Naas Road Gateway.
Project manager, Manchester climate change call-to-action.
Strategic sustainability advisor and project manager, Olympic Legacy Masterplan Framework.
Project manager, Manchester climate change call-to-action.
Strategic sustainability advisor and project manager, Olympic Legacy Masterplan Framework.