About Us

The Practice of Tom Phillips + Associates (TPA) has evolved into one of the Ireland's largest Town Planning Consultancies. TPA undertakes a wide variety of commissions for public sector and private sector clients. The former include Local Authorities, Government Departments, Statutory Bodies, and Semi-State Organisations; the latter a wide variety of clients from individuals to major blue-chip companies and construction companies.

The Practice comprises a broad range of professional skills, with collective qualifications in town planning, urban design, civil engineering, archaeology, surveying, economics, agricultual science and graphic design.

The services of Tom Phillips + Associates are based around 4 No. principal spheres:

  • Town Planning: Development Management and Forward Planning;
  • Project Management;
  • Graphics and 3-d Visualisation; and
  • Education: including Advocate Expert Witness Coaching.

Tom Phillips, a Chartered Town Planner and an Urban Designer, has been the lead consultant on many major complex planning applications. A number of these have been high profile, requiring finely focused responses and management, particularly at Oral Hearings, primarily project-led by Tom.

Fellow Directors, John Gannon and Gavin Lawlor, head up the Practice's Urban and Rural Teams, respectively.