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  • Jane Fowles

    Jane Fowles

    BA(Hons) DipLA (Hons) MAUD CMLI

    Chair

    Novell Tullett

    Jane is a chartered Landscape Architect, Urban Designer and Managing Director of Novell Tullett. Jane is also co-chair of the Bristol Design Review Panel for Design West, an Academician at the Academy of Urbanism, and a part-time tutor for the Masters degree in Urban Design at the School of Architecture in Cardiff. Jane’s professional life revolves around the creation of successful places. She believes that being alive to the city context is the key to generating quality and value in the public realm. Well-related spaces bring opportunities for social interaction to local people, and inspiring design can entice life outside with all the wellbeing benefits it provides.

    Health, Landscape, People & Place

  • Rebecca Frost

    Rebecca Frost

    BSc, MA, MRTPI

    LDA Design

    Rebecca is an Associate Urban Designer with a background in Town Planning. Designing places that are resilient to future needs, respond appropriately to their local context and are designed for wildlife and people are key drivers for Rebecca as a placemaker. She has over nine years of experience working on a range of projects from concept design, to outline planning applications and design coding as well as a range of engagement activities including co-design workshops.

    Density, Housing, Landscape, People & Place, Strategic Development

  • Ed Gant

    Ed Gant

    MA, CMLI

    Lichen Studio

    A chartered landscape architect and a founding director of Lichen Studio, Ed has worked on a range of projects, from public realm and urban regeneration to residential and commercial developments, across the UK and abroad. Passionate about environmental and social impact, Ed believes in creating landscapes that enhance nature and the health & well-being of the communities they serve. Ed has strong design narrative and communication skills, and collaborates with clients, design professionals, and end-users to deliver successful schemes, with a strong sense of place.

    Landscape, People & Place

  • Lincoln Garland

    Lincoln Garland

    PhD MSc BA(Hons) CEnv MCIEEM

    Biodiversity by Design

    Dr Lincoln Garland has been practicing as an ecologist and eco-masterplanner in environmental consultancy, academia, and for wildlife NGOs for over 30 years. He has a particular interest in eco-urbanism and has worked on many residential schemes. Lincoln recently had two chapters included in the Routledge Handbook of Urban Ecology and regularly contributes articles to the Nature of Cities web based platform. Lincoln also regularly works overseas including in Singapore, Malaysia, and the Middle-East.

    Ecology, People & Place, Strategic Development

  • Bill Gething

    Bill Gething

    MA (Cantab), Dipl Arch

    University of the West of England, Bill Gething: Sustainability + Architecture

    Bill Gething is a retired architect and sustainability consultant and is Professor Emeritus at the University of the West of England, where he retains an involvement in teaching and research. He has particular expertise in low energy design; housing; adapting buildings to the changing climate, particularly in relation to overheating; thermal retrofit of the existing stock, and ensuring buildings perform as well in practice as they should in theory.

    Climate, Housing, People & Place

  • Richard Goldthorpe

    Richard Goldthorpe

    BSc Hons, DipLA, CMLI

    The National Trust

    Richard is a chartered landscape architect with 30 years experience working in the private, public and charity sectors. His wide ranging experience includes the design of streets and public realm, historic designed landscapes, urban regeneration, strategic green infrastructure and visitor experience design. He is Head of Placemaking and Design for the National Trust.

    Heritage, Landscape, People & Place

  • Simon Gould

    Simon Gould

    BSc (Hons), DipArch (Cantab), ARB, RIBA

    Mitchell Eley Gould

    Simon is a Director Architect at Mitchell Eley Gould and has over 20 years of experience working on the design and delivery of sustainable places, education buildings, housing and homes. His focus is on quality, aspiring to deliver beauty, value and legibility. He is agile-minded, able to adapt designs to respond to complex environments, often working closely with multi-disciplinary stakeholder groups and local authorities. More recent projects include a new neighbourhood for 600 homes, school and commercial hub and an award winning housing scheme for 45 homes at the Tannery, Holt. Simon is a lecturer at The University of Bath and has been an external examiner at UWE Bristol on the MArch Architecture course.

    Density, Housing, People & Place

  • Andrew Grant

    Andrew Grant

    RDI, CMLI, Hon. D.Litt, Hon FRIBA, FRSA

    Grant Associates

    Founder and Director of Grant Associates. He was awarded the title of RSA Royal Designer for Industry in recognition of his pioneering global work in landscape architecture. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield and a member of the National Infrastructure Commission Design Group. He is Chair of the Bathscape Landscape Partnership, a member of the Bath World Heritage Site Advisory Board and co-founder of the pop up festival Forest of Imagination.

    Housing, Landscape, People & Place, Strategic Development

  • Emma Grayson

    Emma Grayson

    BSc (Hons), MCIHT

    AECOM

    Emma has 19 years of experience in transport planning, focussed on development planning. Her experience spans both the private and public sector and she has particular expertise of advising on the transport planning impacts of strategic development proposals across the south of England. Emma has worked at all stages of the planning process, from initial site feasibility through to the preparation and review of Transport Assessments and the negotiation of planning conditions and obligations.

    Highways & Transport, People & Place, Strategic Development