The Design:Midlands Panel

Panel Terms of Reference

We build our panels to suit the specific needs of your project, so you get the expertise you need. We ensure that there are no conflicts of interest and adhere to the Cabe 10 principles for Design Review underwritten by RIBA, RTPI and the Landscape Institute.

Laura Alvarez

Laura is the East Midlands Convenor for the Urban Design Group and was amongst the first recognised urban design practitioners in the UK.

Dav Bansal

Dav is a Partner at Glenn Howells Architects. He has significant experience of residential and commercial projects as well as major urban regeneration and masterplanning projects throughout the UK.

Juliet Bidgood

Juliet Bidgood is an architect/urban designer who works at a range of scales from the tactical to the material to create or shape places.

Chris Brammeier

Chris is a flood risk engineer specialising in sustainabledrainage, Lead Local Flood Authority planningapplication reviews and hydraulic modelling.

Amy Burbidge

Amy is an urban designer and masterplanner at Homes England, where she heads the Design and Master Development team which is a small team working across England

Andrew Cameron

Andrew is an engineer with a background in transport, architectural engineering and urban design.

Simon Carne

Simon is an architect, planner and urban designer with over 40 years experience in public and private practice.

Peter Chowns

Peter is a chartered architect, urban designer and building conservation specialist with over 20 years professional experience.

Dr Jonathan Clarke

Jonathan is a landscape architect, planner and urban designer, based at the University of Warwick, where he is a Senior Teaching Fellow.

Nick Corbett

Nick is a chartered town planner, urban designer, writer, and heritage specialist with full membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Institute of Historic Building Conservation

Alan Corner

Alan is a civil engineer who has worked in the water industry for over 35 years covering drainage design, flood risk and treatment.

Charles Crawford

Charles is an award-winning landscape architect and masterplanner with 25 years’ experience leading design and environmental work on projects at all scales.

Alison Davies

Alison is an award-winning architect, educator and creative practitioner with over 25 years’ post-qualification experience. A former CABE Enabler, her experience is in community and voluntary sector projects, with a particular specialism in arts and play.

John Dejardin

John is a landscape architect and urban designer with over 40 years experience in an extensive range and scale of development types.

Nick Ebbs

Nick Ebbs is a Chartered Surveyor and Vice Chairman of igloo Regeneration Ltd, specialists in the development of sustainable places and buildings.

Heather Emery

Heather is a Conservation Planner and Urban Designer with over 30 years experience in Local and Regional Government.

Robert Evans

Robert founded Matlock-based Evans Vettori with Mariangela Vettori in 1995, after working with Norman Foster and Will Alsop, as well as a period in Italy.

Nils Feldman

Nils is an award-winning architect and the principal of Feldmann Architects with professional experience in Germany and the UK and projects across Europe.

Jim Fox

Jim Fox is an urban designer, planner and regeneration specialist with over 30 years experience in the public, private and third sectors

Amy Francis-Smith

Dr Lincoln Garland

Expertise: Ecology, eco-masterplanning

Bob Ghosh

Bob is the Founder and Director at K4 Architects; he studied at Leicester and Birmingham Schools of Architecture and qualified as an architect in 1992.

David Greenhill

As a creative architect David has a passion for good sustainable designs exploiting space and light.

Garry Hall

Garry Hall is an urban designer with extensive experience in master planning, design coding and developing design guidance.

Jonathan Hendry

Architect Jonathan Hendry has a wide-ranging body of work including residential (both large and small scale) arts, heritage and coastal projects.

Fiona Heron

A landscape architect with over 25 years’ strategic and detailed design experience in public and private sectors, Fiona has won urban design awards and international garden design competitions.

Luke Hillson

Luke Hillson is the design director at Barton Willmore, a UK-wide design and planning consultancy.

Carl Holloway

Carl founded his own practice Holloway Foo architects in 2003 and has been a design review member since 2009.

Joe Holyoak

Joe is an architect and urban designer, and has experience of masterplanning, regeneration, and community engagement. He was previously Director of the MA (Urban Design) course at Birmingham City University. He was the coordinator of the Balsall Heath Neighbourhood Plan, the first in Birmingham. He is also a conservationist and is Chair of Birmingham City Council’s Conservation and Heritage Panel.

Ian Houlston

Ian is a landscape architect and archaeologist and leads LDA Design’s Environmental Planning Service.

Phil Jones

Phil is an engineer with extensive experience in the planning and design of transport infrastructure.

Katerina Karaga

Katerina is an Urban Designer, trained Architect, and qualified Town Planner with more than 13 years of international experience.

Clive Keble

Clive is a geographer/planner/regeneration practitioner, with 40 years of experience in the in the public and private sectors.

Annabel Keegan

An urban designer and transport planner with a background in architecture with 18 years’ of practical experience specialising in the delivery of design-led projects both within the public and private sector.

DOUG KING

A chartered environmentalist, physicist and engineer, he brings robust science and environmental sensitivity to projects.

Dr Stefan Kruczkowski

Stefan is an urban designer and co-author of Building for Life 12 - the government endorsed design tool for creating better designed residential developments.

Matthew Letts

Matthew is an architect with over 35 years experience in practice including 25 years as co-director of Letts Wheeler Architects.

Warren Lever

Warren Lever is an urban designer and heritage professional with extensive experience in master planning, design advice, design guidance and the design of public realm schemes.

Dryden McNair-Lewis

Dryden qualified as an Architect in 1997 and worked in this discipline predominantly in the residential, industrial and education sectors

Farida Makki

Farida Makki is an architect urban designer educator and creative practitioner.

Sue McGlynn

Sue is an urban designer with particular expertise in strategic design frameworks and masterplanning for new settlements.

Melanie Morris

Mel is a conservation-accredited heritage consultant and chartered town planner with over 30 years experience.

Peter Neal

Peter is a landscape architect, environmental planner and ecologist with over 30 years’ experience.

Charles Potterton

Charles qualified as a Landscape Architect in 1984 and has been working in private practice since then.

Shilpa Rasaiah

Shilpa is a town planner and economist with over 30 years experience in both public and private sector.

Herpreet Rayet – Boughey

With over 20 years’ experience in the industry, Herpreet’s career has given her the opportunity to design and deliver a broad range of projects

Lisa Richards

Lisa has worked in both public and private sector before setting up as a freelance consultant in 2019.

Dan Roberts

Dan is a chartered town planner with over 25 years' experience in local government, working in planning policy and development management, but primarily in building conservation and urban design

Phoebe Ryding

Phoebe is a flood risk consultant who has specialised in sustainable drainage, providing technical support to both Lead Local Flood Authorities (LLFAs) and SuDS Approval Bodies (SABs)

Andrew Saffrey

Andrew Saffrey is a highways engineer and transport planner who has experience across both public and private sectors, from long-term strategic plans right down to detailed design.

Richard Shaw

Richard Shaw is an urban designer with a background in sustainable travel.

Professor Kevin W Singh

Kevin has been the Head of Birmingham School of Architecture and Design at Birmingham City University since 2011. He is a Professor of Architecture, conferred under the categories of Learning and Teaching and Academic Leadership.

David Singleton

David is a landscape architect with nearly 30 years experience. He founded DSA Environment + Design in Nottingham in 2005.

Philip Singleton

Philip has worked successfully across the private, public and third sectors as an architect and client.

Oliver Spicer

Oliver is the Founding Partner of Studio Spicer Architects; an award-winning practice based in Stratford-upon-Avon and the Cotswold’s.

Neha Tayal

As an urbanist, Neha is passionate about the planet, its cities and the urban cultures that are interwoven with the social and natural fabric of a place.

Andy Thomas

Andy is an award-winning architect and a founding director at Thread Architects working on array of residential, commercial, education and community projects at different scales.

Rob Thompson

I am an urban designer/urbanist with over 25 years’ experience in both local government and private practice.

Chryse Tinsley

Chryse trained in architecture, landscape architecture and environmental management.

Darren Turner

Darren is an architect with over 25years’ experience in private practice and across a diverse range of building sectors

Chris Twomey

Chris is a chartered architect with 30 years’ experience, including a year in practice in Australia.

Dr Ramona Usher

Ramona is a self-employed built heritage specialist with over 15 years’ experience in the public, private, charitable and higher education sectors.

Paj Valley

Penny Wagner

Penny is a Chartered Landscape Architect with a love of plants and a passion for promoting biodiversity in a range of applications, such as for commercial settings, transport route networks, caravan parks, housing developments, or smaller garden units.

Emily Walsh

Emily is a Transport Planner and Urban Designer at SYSTRA where she leads a team who work at all scales to plan and design transport and streets to enhance places.

Paul Watson

Paul is an independent planning & urban design consultant who advises major players in the development industry

Richard Walker

Richard is a Masterplanner and Landscape Architect with 25 years’ professional experience.

Justin Webber

Justin is a planner, urban designer and building conservation specialist. Having previously worked as a planner with particular focus on urban design and policy

Lindsey Wilkinson

Lindsey Wilkinson is a Landscape Architect, and Fellow of the Landscape Institute and the Royal Geographical Society.

Richard Woods

Richard is a chartered architect with over 25 years’ post-qualification experience of designing new and refurbished award-winning buildings, with particular expertise in cultural and education projects.

Dharmista Patel

Dharmista manages Design:Midlands' Design Review Panel specialising in the promotion and recognition of design quality, providing timely design and engagement interventions across a range of projects.

Hayley Smith

Planning and Design Manager, Hayley Smith is a chartered town planner (MRTPI) with extensive Local Government experience.

Julie Tanner

Chief Executive of Design:Midlands, Julie Tanner combines a passion for architecture and urban design with a specialism in place making.

Angus Walker

Angus Walker manages Design:Midlands' finances and provides support for funding and grant applications.

Jo Widdecombe

Jo is a planning consultant and chartered town planner with extensive experience in the preparation of neighbourhood plans, with particular expertise in development management and engaging with local communities, to help shape and influence their places.

Jo Clayton

Jo steps in to help wherever and whenever needed. She has over 35 years experience in administration/secretarial and customer service roles.

The Design:Midlands Panel

The Design:Midlands Team