Who We Are

Rob is the Head of Planning and Place Making for Cheshire West and Chester Council. He has worked in Planning within the public sector for nearly 20 years and has a passion for ensuring that good design and place making are a fundamental part of new development.

Paul is an architect interested in themes of façade, perception and storytelling. Originally from the North West, he spent 15 years in London with internationally-renowned firms including Eric Parry and WilkinsonEyre, known for their bold yet considered approach to historic buildings.

Paul is an Associate at Lovelock Mitchell in Chester, he looks after the creative direction of projects and has recently been helping to document and map the prolific influence of the firm’s founder, architect Thomas M. Lockwood – creator of Victorian Chester.

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Ron has worked on two Stirling prize winners, a Millennium design winner and has lectured at many leading architectural schools including the Bartlett and Westminster and was a guest Master at the Berlage Institute for post grad architecture, Rotterdam.

Ron has published papers including Agile manufacturing in the cladding industry, A short history of building fabric and architecture.

Recently, Ron presented a paper at the Advanced building skins international conference in Berne, Switzerland.

Before retirement Peter worked in Chester as a partner in an architectural practice on a broad range of projects in both the UK and abroad. He retains a keen interest in architectural design, conservation and sustainable development.

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Gary worked in ICI and other large chemical companies for many years in the UK and abroad in a variety of functional and managerial roles.

Gary Is keen to encourage, promote and recognise great architecture, design and conservation which contribute to improving our quality of life.

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Lauren is a Chartered Town Planner and experienced conservation practitioner. Much of her career has been spent in the public sector caring for and managing the built environment.

Key interests of both her professional and academic work, are the understanding and interpretation of heritage value, integration of contemporary and sustainable design in historic environments, and historic shopfronts and signage

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Steve has worked on the operations side of a wide range of projects, for national building and civil engineering companies across the UK.

Later years were spent in procuring work which included planning, design and agreeing commercial terms. Steve continues to provides project management advice to a local architectural practice

Jane has worked for architectural practices in Liverpool, London and Chester, and for national house builders and housing associations in marketing roles. She is a trustee of Chester Civic Trust and Cheshire Historic Buildings Preservation Trust, and secretary of Cheshire Society of Architects. As a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing her day job is running Marketing PRojects which she founded in 1995. 

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Charlie originally studied and practiced architecture before completing a PhD in planning. He is a Senior Planning and Urban Design Officer at Cheshire West and Chester Council, where he draws on this interdisciplinary background to promote high-quality design through the planning system.