Jellicoe Lecture- Making Places Fit For Living

This year Harriet became a Fellow of the Landscape Institute. In 1993, after a career in fashion, she studied landscape architecture following this she worked in a number of practices before setting up BBUK Studio in 2002. Since setting up BBUK, she has run projects ranging from landscape strategy and masterplanning, large scale residential developments, streetscape design guidance, office and retail projects, public parks, play areas and open spaces through to private gardens for individual and commercial clients. Harriet’s philosophy is that every project starts with a sustainable approach to ehlp to address the climate and biodiversity crisis.

She believes that no one should impose their own personalities on a site but through considered research and meaningful community engagement seek to discover and reveal the essential characteristics of each place, expressing this through the site’s context, the ecology, landform and vegetation.

Frazer Osment BA (Hons) MPhil MLI is the Chair of LDA Design. He specialises in helping organisations and communities adapt to the forces driving change in urban and rural environments. As an experienced landscape architect and masterplanner he translates strategy into clear and implementable proposals. Frazer has advised on major new settlements and town and city centres all over the UK. He initiated the Liveable Exeter programme for Exeter City Council which aims to direct a transformational housing delivery programme to lever investment into the streets, spaces and infrastructure of the city.

Frazer has led research for the RTPI on spatial solutions to decarbonise transport and prepared a set of model design codes for net zero and nature recovery. Frazer is currently driving change in masterplanning practice in response to climate change, biodiversity decline and social equity through his work with Homes England and other national organisations.

Tim Slaney is the Interim Chief Executive Officer for the South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA), working with Members, partners and colleagues to set the overall vision and strategy for the Authority and ensure the organisation delivers on its priorities of Nature Recovery, Climate Action, and Park for All. He is passionate about Britain’s newest National Park being as accessible to everyone, and promoting the multiple benefits the area has to offer to residents and visitors alike. During his formative years, Tim was lucky enough to spend much of his childhood visiting Britain’s countryside. He is keen that young people and those from urban communities can visit, enjoy and learn about special landscapes.

Tim joined the Authority in 2011 as the first Director of Planning. He set up and led one of the country’s busiest planning teams, adopting a unique partnership arrangement with other planning authorities. Tim has overseen the creation of the award-winning, eco-system driven, landscape-led South Downs Local Plan. This relied in part on a leading neighbourhood community planning programme that also undertook consultancy work. The plan focuses on delivering the National Park’s purposes and duty, providing new affordable housing and infrastructure for local communities and visitors. He negotiated and introduced the first groundbreaking Community Infrastructure Levy scheme in a National Park.

Tim has taken a leading role on managing operations at Seven Sisters Country Park, ensuring exemplary landscape management for nature, first class visitor experience and financial stability. He has experience working across the SDNPA and with other National Park colleagues, across a range of activities. He has worked in a number of urban, rural and unitary authorities in the southwest and southeast, in technical and leadership roles, as well as undertaking work in Pembrokeshire. This included leading and managing successful planning, transport and highways, building control and conservation functions. Tim is responsible for the day-to-day leadership, culture and management of the Authority, ensuring the accountability and value for money of its programmes and advising the Members on its policies, future direction and the implementation of strategic plans.