Dr Jessica Muirhead joins Air Quality Consultants as an Associate Director; with over 18 years industry experience in air quality consultancy, with her expertise in air quality assessments for UK urban regeneration and renewable energy projects.
Dr Jessica Muirhead is an Associate Director with AQC with over 18 years experience in Air Quality consultancy. Prior to joining AQC in 2024, she spent eleven years at AECOM leading the Air Quality Team’s Urban Regeneration and Solar Farm work streams. She has been responsible for delivering numerous air quality assessments for planning applications and Development Consent Orders (DCOs) including Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) across London and the UK. She spent a year as Technical Advisor to the Greater London Authority delivering training workshops to the London Boroughs, reviewing referrable planning applications and responding to queries on air quality positive and air quality neutral. Jess also has extensive experience providing technical peer reviews for a number of Planning Authorities in the UK, and for The Royal Commission for Al Ula in Saudi Arabia. In joining AQC, Jess will provide further expertise in major developments within Greater London as well as DCO renewable energy applications.
Thoroughly enjoyed working with AQC. The final report is excellent and just what I had hoped for. Thank you.
SEPA
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