Steve is an architect and urbanist with over 30 years’ experience of working on demanding development projects across residential, commercial and cultural sectors in urban and rural settings. He is acknowledged as one of the UK’s trailblazers for public participation in planning and design processes and many of the innovative approaches he has piloted have now become accepted norms for good practice, ranging from forensic place and people audits at early stages of engagement, to ‘what-if’ scenario planning and finely structured liaison groups as key sounding boards for emerging projects.

He has been involved in numerous projects that have won multiple planning, design and innovation awards including Kings Cross, the London Olympic and post-Olympic masterplans and Chelsea Barracks. He currently leads the active engagement team at Thamesmead Waterfront as part of the Prior and Partners international competition-winning team and continues to champion the benefits of genuine co-design approaches.