What Is Ray Spaxman Consulting Ltd. and What Does the Website Present?

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spaxman.com is the website of Ray Spaxman Consulting Ltd., the professional consulting practice of urban planner Ray Spaxman. The site presents him as a planning advisor drawing on more than 50 years of architectural, urban design and planning practice, combining senior public-service experience with private practice. It is a single-practitioner consultancy profile rather than a firm with a published service catalogue or fee schedule.

Who the site represents

The page identifies Ray Spaxman as President of Ray Spaxman Consulting Ltd. and lists these credentials:

  • LLD (Hon)
  • ARIBA (Rtd)
  • MRTPI (Rtd)
  • FCIP (Rtd)
  • Hon AIBC

The "(Rtd)" markers indicate retired status in those professional bodies; the page does not explain what each designation permits in current practice, so treat them as background credentials rather than as evidence of active licensure.

Stated experience

According to the site, Spaxman's career spans two phases:

Period Role
1956–1966 Public service in England, in Coventry, King's Lynn, Norwich and Liverpool
1966–1973 Deputy Chief Planner, City of Toronto (moved to Canada in 1966)
1973–1989 Director of Planning, Subdivision Approving Officer, Chair of the Development Permit Board, and member of the Urban Design Panel, City of Vancouver
Since 1989 Advisor to numerous public and private clients in Canada and abroad

What advice the practice says it provides

The site lists these principal areas of work:

  • Planning for cities, city centres and large sites
  • Preparing high building and development policies
  • Heritage management programs
  • Transit planning
  • Citizen engagement
  • Zoning
  • Housing and neighbourhood planning
  • Development strategies

This is a description of past and current work, not a menu of packaged services. The page gives no information on engagement formats, timelines, availability or fees.

Contact details published on the page

These are the only contact channels shown. The site does not mention a contact form, office address or booking process.

Practical notes for visitors

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  • Site build: the footer credits the Maskitto Light WordPress theme by Shufflehound, customized by jdstaples systems consultants.
  • Scope of information: the site is a profile page. It does not publish rates, a client list, case studies or sample documents, so anyone assessing fit will need to make direct contact.

Who this site is relevant to

The site is aimed at public and private clients seeking planning advice on cities, centres, large sites, tall-building policy, heritage, transit, engagement, zoning or housing and neighbourhood strategy. If your question is about a specific project, the page gives you a direct email and phone number to open that conversation; it does not let you evaluate cost or availability without asking.