Multi-disciplinary development consultancy continues regional growth in Northern England with a new appointment set to enhance work in the energy sector<\/p>\n
10th April 2025<\/strong> \u2013 Leading multidisciplinary development consultancy, Pegasus Group, has today announced the appointment of Chris Binns as Planning Director in its Leeds office as part of its increasing national Energy & Infrastructure Planning team.<\/p>\n Joining from a London-based renewable developer where he established the Planning and GIS team to deliver Solar, Wind and Energy storage projects, Chris\u2019 appointment is the most recent in a succession of high-profile recruitments for the development consultancy as it continues on a trajectory of accelerated growth.<\/p>\n Having worked on projects concerned with the recently introduced National Energy System Operator (NESO) initiatives for National Grid connections, Chris will be spearheading Pegasus\u2019 \u2018grid-led\u2019 approach to energy project planning, proactively managing clients and proposals to secure land as early as possible to help meet NESO milestones.<\/p>\n Over the coming months, Chris will be working closely with Chris Calvert, Energy Planning Director for Pegasus\u2019 nationwide practice, using his experience and expertise in Local Authority, Planning Consultancy and Energy Development to cover all stages of the planning process for Pegasus, and further expand the team\u2019s offering both in the area and nationally, helping developers get more projects off the ground.<\/p>\n Commenting on the appointment, Planning Director, Chris Calvert, said:<\/strong> \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to welcome Chris to Pegasus Group\u2019s Leeds office. His vast experience across all aspects of the energy sector could not be more fitting with Pegasus\u2019 commitment to every stage of development. The team will only grow from strength to strength with Chris\u2019 expertise nurturing relationships with stakeholders and technical experts alike.\u201d<\/p>\n Also commenting on his move, Chris Binns, said:<\/strong> \u201cIt is a pleasure to be joining the Pegasus team at such an exciting time. Having worked on the client side of the business, I\u2019ve always been impressed with Pegasus\u2019 output and ethos, and I\u2019m excited to be working as one of the team to drive the business in its continued upward trajectory.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Multi-disciplinary development consultancy continues regional growth in Northern England with a new appointment set to enhance work in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-353130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115047467862488369","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}