About Us

We bring together bespoke teams with experience and knowledge tailored to the individual needs of our clients.

Our clients trust us to deliver industry-leading expertise

We are proud of our successes and reputation for delivering valuable advice across jurisdictions, industries and sectors. Based in Belfast we have been working together as a team for over 10 years on projects including city centre regeneration, national infrastructure, large scale industrial projects along with retail, residential and commercial developments. Our work includes significant public sector schemes, master plans and a wide range of energy installations. Professionalism, personal attention and forensic detail is what we are known for. In addition to our client work we also are involved in university degree courses, relevant industry bodies as well as pubic and private sector organisations, we feel this is important to ensure our knowledge is always at the forefront and that we are helping inform and influence the future of our sector.

Our Social Value Commitment

As a company we believe that our activities should generate Social Value benefits to society and to the economy, whilst minimising damage to the environment. As professionals involved in the planning and construction stages for large scale development projects, we see innovative and holistic opportunities to embed Social Value into all stages of a development lifecycle from project inception, through planning, design and construction to operation and decommissioning. Juno’s Social Value activities include; our work with local communities to explain the concept of Social Value, directly supporting the education and careers of young planners, providing pro bono planning advice to a community charity and sports organisations, supporting charity fund raising, supporting social enterprises, and through non paid involvement in organisations such as Choice Housing. We review our Social Value contribution twice-yearly.

Current Job Opportunities:

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Please note, the closing date for applications is 8th August 2025.

The Planning Team

Managing Director

Helen Harrison

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With 25+years’ experience in the industry, Director Helen Harrison was previously the all-Ireland Director of Planning at BDP and spent 4 years working in local planning authorities in England. Helen is a former Chair of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) NI Executive Committee and is highly respected in the planning industry with an interest in education through ongoing involvement and experience as Professional Accreditation Advisor and External Examiner to both Queen’s University Belfast and University of Ulster Planning Schools. In addition to her leadership of Juno, Helen is Group Board Member of Choice Housing and a Director of Maple and May Ltd.

Areas of expertise include; planning strategies for complex development projects, major brownfield redevelopment; renewable energy (wind, energy from waste & battery storage); essential infrastructure (rail/road/water/waste/grid); environmental assessments; expert witness; managing multidiscipline teams; master planning; statutory development plans (preparing and making representations); land disposal/asset realisation strategies, forensic planning/due diligence, and Social Value.

Projects

Belfast Transport Hub (Grand Central Station)
Weavers Cross Regeneration
University of Ulster Belfast Campus
Driver Vehicle Agency HQ and Test Centres
Renewable Energy Projects – Commercial Wind Farms, Energy from Waste, Battery Storage
Large Scale Industrial Facilities – Bombardier/ Old Bushmills Distillery/Invest NI/AMIC
Primary and Secondary Schools Projects
Major Health & Care Centre Projects
Site Selection & Feasibility Projects
Forensic planning work and due diligence
Planning Appeals
Environmental Assessments
Social Value Plans

Principal Planner

Orlaith Kirk

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Orlaith joined Juno Planning & Environmental Ltd in 2012 and is a principal planner with almost 20 years professional planning experience, having worked for both private planning consultancies (BDP and Tom Philips & Associates Ltd) and local authorities (Louth County Council) in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Orlaith is a member of the Irish Planning Institute, Social Value UK, and Renewables NI.

Over the past 20 years Orlaith has worked with and provided professional planning advice to public and private sector clients on a range of development projects. On a day to day basis, she manages regionally significant and major planning applications, prepares planning appeals and feasibility reports, coordinates pre-application communication consultations for major planning applications, and coordinates Environmental statements. Orlaith also provides professional social value advice to a number of clients which involves the preparation of social value plans, advice on social value for procurement and bids and ongoing social value delivery monitoring and measurement.

Orlaith’s areas of professional expertise include: planning consultancy services for renewable energy projects (wind energy, battery storage and solar) including due diligence and planning red-flag reviews; retail studies including town/ city centre health checks; environmental impact assessments; planning feasibility studies; managing residential and mixed-use planning applications; managing multi-disciplinary teams; planning appeals; planning in ROI; (planning applications/ planning appeals/ preparation of local area plans); coordinating and managing pre-application community consultations for major developments including stakeholder engagement and mapping; preparation of Social Value Plans and Social Value Measurement, Monitoring and Assessment.

Projects

Corkey and Rigged Hill Wind Farms Repowering Projects
Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service Phase 2 Learning & Development Centre
Ballykeel Wind Farm
Belfast Transport Hub- Social Value Plan & Ongoing Monitoring and Measurement
Gaelcholáiste Dhoire
Elginny & Shantavny Scotch Wind Farms
Ulster University- Belfast Campus
Retail Study for Derry City & Strabane District Council
Forensic planning work and due diligence
Planning Advice to Local Authorities (ROI) & NI Public Sector Clients (Invest NI)

Senior planner

Lee Talbot

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Lee has over five years of professional planning experience, currently working as a planning consultant at Juno Planning and having previously worked in a planning role at Capita. He is a member of the RTPI Young Planners Network and a Licentiate member of the RTPI.

Lee has experience leading and assisting on major and regionally significant planning applications at all stages of the planning process. He has experience on all aspects of planning through complex development projects including wind farms, wind farm repowering schemes, large-scale regeneration and infrastructure projects, planning appeals, and public sector developments.

While at Capita, Lee provided development management services through acting as a designated case officer for several Local Authority clients. Notable schemes through Capita include residential developments within settlements, Green Belt planning applications, retail, Listed Building Consents, Conservation Area proposals, recreation, sport, equestrian, and renewable energy.

Team Assets

Versatile project lead
Strong Public Sector insight
Specialist in complex developments
Technical planning expertise

Projects

AMIC
iReach
Belfast Grand Central Station
Renewable Energy projects
Weavers Cross Regeneration
School redevelopments
DVA Test Centres
Feasibility Studies
Environmental Assessments
HALT meanwhile use
Heritage development with Commissioners of Irish Lights

Graduate planner

Victoria Travis

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Victoria is a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) NI Executive Committee, Licentiate member of RTPI and a member of Renewables NI as she has a strong interest in Renewable Energy projects. Prior to joining Juno Planning, Victoria worked for several years in the political sector in California. This deep understanding of political processes and legislation has allowed her to quickly adjust to NI Planning Legislation while bringing international perspectives to the team at Juno. She brings a wealth of experience working with diverse stakeholders which is key when leading on public consultation events and community engagements, assisting at Council Planning Committee, and working with the various external team members that make up a development project team.

Team Assets