Andrew is an Associate Director and an Architect at JTP with more than 25 years post qualification experience of residential and mixed-use development in both the public and private sectors.
He has extensive experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams to develop both Outline and Detailed Planning Applications, ranging from small urban infill schemes to large-scale brownfield and greenfield sites, including urban extensions, garden communities and high-density, mixed-use projects. Andrew has a particular focus on writing Design and Access Statements, Design Codes, Proofs of Evidence, and bid submissions.
His key projects include an Outline masterplan and subsequent Reserved Matters submissions for a new neighbourhood of 619 homes, a school and a hospice on a site within the High Weald National Landscape at Woodgate, Pease Pottage in West Sussex for Thakeham Homes, helping to create a new community designed around a village green and a thriving community hub. He has also led the successful delivery of an Outline Planning Application and Design Principles document for South Worcester Urban Extension, a sustainable garden community comprising up to 2,450 new homes, employment land, community facilities and infrastructure. The project involved extensive community participation in the creation of a Vision through a Community Planning Weekend, forums and exhibitions.
Andrew played a key role in developing a Community Design Code for Phase 1 of Weyside Urban Village in Guildford as one of the government’s National Model Design Code (NMDC) pilot projects. This included a process of training and engagement with a panel of local stakeholders and the provision of feedback to the government through discussion sessions and reports.
More recently, he led the creation of the Calderdale Placemaking and Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for Calderdale Council in Yorkshire. This district-wide design guide was developed through a comprehensive engagement process with the local community and key stakeholders, including a Community Review Panel which evaluated the content and usability of the guide as it was developed. This engagement process won the Planning Award 2024 for Best Stakeholder Engagement in Planning. Andrew also produced two, linked Masterplan SPDs and associated Design Codes for new garden suburbs around the town of Brighouse, also for Calderdale Council.
He has also developed Design Codes for new urban quarters at Albion Waterside in Kent and Osterley Place in south-west London, a new neighbourhood of up to 1,677 new homes and 5,000 sqm of commercial and community uses.
Within the office Andrew plays a significant role in developing and implementing revisions to the practice’s project procedures processes, auditing project documentation, and developing best practice guidance.
