Graeme is an Architect and a Partner at JTP. Across 18 years since joining the practice, he has led a wide variety of mixed-use projects, with a particular emphasis on the early-stage promotion and masterplanning of strategic-scale sites. His skills lie in identifying and capitalising on the differing opportunities presented by brownfield and greenfield sites, generating concepts and turning them into striking, rational and viable proposals – while forging strong working relationships with clients, consultants and stakeholders.
Graeme has substantial experience in liaising with local authorities and presenting proposals to a wide range of audiences. Extensive community consultation is often a crucial part of the design process on his projects, as is patience: the journey through planning at strategic scale can be a long one. He recognises the importance of establishing a compelling, ambitious vision at the first stages of any proposition, and offers commitment and dedication to clients in maintaining this on the sometimes-long route to successful approvals and implementation.
Within JTP, Graeme leads a team for whom most projects feature promotion in support of allocations, through to outline planning applications, design coding and then further into first phase implementation. His in-depth knowledge of housing and neighbourhood design informs all stages of this work, and he strives to achieve placemaking that anchors the community to the heart of the project whilst also adding value. Alongside this, he advocates the benefits to communities and nature of landscape-led masterplanning, while consistently endeavouring to minimise land-take and embodied carbon in grey infrastructure.
Graeme is closely involved in Urban&Civic’s projects at Waterbeach, Alconbury Weald and Houlton Rugby Radio Station, which will in combination eventually deliver over 18,000 homes, alongside supporting community infrastructure, mixed uses, and employment. On each of these projects he has led masterplans through to the production of Design Codes and placemaking strategies across a number of phases of their delivery.
Other work that has charted the journey from an initial Vision through to detailed design include Milton Keynes East which includes 4,600 homes alongside employment and mixed use for St James (The Berkeley Group); Rugeley Power Station involving 2,300 homes and supporting uses for ENGIE; and the 10,000 home Chelmsford Garden Community project for a consortium of clients including Countryside and Ptarmigan.
Graeme led the masterplanning and design coding the first Village at Gilston Park in Harlow – part of the wider Harlow and Gilston Garden Town project for Places for People as well as Little Barford, St Neots and Dunton Hills, West Horndon for Lands Improvement – future Garden Communities that will bring forward over 8,000 homes anchored by rail infrastructure. His other long-term clients include Skanska, Grosvenor and The Crown Estate.
