Meet the team – Tom Ashton

Tom joined Howie Kent & Co at the start of 2020 and is mainly involved with specialist site-finding services for clients. Alongside this he also provides planning consultancy for clients looking to develop a variety of different projects.

Before joining the team, Tom was land & commercial manager for a residential developer building open market and affordable homes across Shropshire and Herefordshire.

Tom has been a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors since 2016, specialising in planning & development. Prior to this he had studied Rural Estate and Land Management at Harper Adams University and during this time he was also chairman and treasurer for his local Young Farmers Club.

Outside of surveying, Tom is a partner in the farming business at home which rears around 150 beef cattle per year. Alongside the cattle the farm, also runs commercial and pedigree sheep with the latter seeing some success at the local agricultural shows.

When not in the office or on the farm, Tom enjoys spending time with family, country pursuits and training and working his dogs.