Planning manager Mike Ashworth and senior land manager Katie Miller have joined our Yorkshire division as it seeks to increase legal completions over the next three years.
The pair have taken on key roles at the Wakefield-based division and will help the Yorkshire operation work towards its targets over the coming years.
Senior land manager, Katie Miller, from Rothwell, Leeds, will be responsible for securing and acquiring land for development to support the growth strategy of the Yorkshire business. She will work alongside senior land manger Stuart Mapp who joined the business in 2019.
Katie, 38, is currently working on some large acquisitions which will provide delivery of high-quality homes in excellent locations and add to our strong pipeline.
“After working for other housebuilders and moving up the ladder with them, it felt like a good time for me to join Redrow. I truly believe in the Redrow product and the longer-term strategy that the business has. I’m really excited to be working with a team of incredibly talented people and playing my part in securing the continued success of the business too,” said Katie, who began her career as a land negotiator with Jones Homes and more recently was a land manager with Linden Homes.
Mike, 44 from Barnsley, joined us from Leeds-based WYG Group, where he was an associate director for five years. He will be managing the immediate and strategic land opportunities through planning and advising the land and technical teams on all related planning matters.
“I’ve worked in planning for 21 years but I joined Redrow as I wanted to change the focus of my role from consultancy to client side. I’ve always done lots of housebuilding work and saw Redrow as a market leader in terms of quality and design, with a strong and friendly team of people,” said Mike.
Mike started his career at Leeds City Council, which was his first job after graduating from Sheffield Hallam University with a BA (Hons) in Planning Studies and a Diploma in Town Planning. His subsequent consultancy roles included Spawforths, in Wakefield, and Turley, in Leeds, before becoming an associate director and chartered town planner at WYG.
Mike is looking forward to learning more about housebuilding from a commercial construction and technical perspective, as well as developing new skills and experience to complement his diverse planning background.
We’ve made further changes to strengthen our team under the stewardship of land and planning director Sarah Carr, who joined the business in 2018.
“We now have a strong team of people to help make our ambitious growth targets a reality. Recent acquisitions include an 18-acre site for 146 new homes off Kingsley Road, in Harrogate, and we’ve also achieved planning permission for 95 new homes adjacent to our previous Devonshire Farm development in the town,” Sarah said.
Harriet Parker has been promoted to land manager from land negotiator, having originally joined us on our rotational graduate programme after graduating from the University of York with a First Class Honours degree in law.
History graduate Emily Colebrook has also joined. She was one of 32 discipline specific graduates taken on during the pandemic. As a land and planning graduate trainee she will assist the team with immediate and strategic land purchases, while developing the skills to become a future land manager.
We have significant schemes ongoing in or near Leeds, Wakefield and Huddersfield. To find out more about where our Yorkshire division is currently building visit www.redrow.co.uk/yorkshire
To find out about careers with us go to: www.redrowcareers.co.uk
