Regional representatives

Our regional representatives are professionals from a broad range of built environment-related disciplines within the public and private sectors.

CABE’s regional representatives are professionals from a broad range of built environment-related disciplines within the public and private sectors. They act as design ambassadors in each of the English regions. They help cultivate relationships, encouraging partnerships and collaboration between regional bodies and organisations and acting as contacts for CABE at local and regional level. They are paid on a part-time consultancy basis.

East Midlands

Derek Latham

Derek Latham is an architect, planner, landscape architect and urban designer. He is chair of Lathams, a multi-disciplinary practice specialising in regeneration. Based in Derby, the practice evolved from the award-winning Latham Architects. Previously Derek led the design and conservation team at Derbyshire County Council. He regularly lectures on the creative re-use of land and buildings and is chair of Regeneration East Midlands, which incorporates Opun, the architecture and built environment centre for the East Midlands. Derek is also a CABE enabler.

East of England

Trisha Gupta

Trisha Gupta is an architect and urban designer. She recently retired from Countryside Properties PLC where she was a Director and Group Chief Architect. Before joining Countryside, in 1981, she spent several years as principal planning assistant in the Built Environment team in the Essex County Council Planning Department. She is a Governor at Anglia Ruskin University, a board member of RIBA Holdings and Commissions East, RIBA East Councillor and a panel member for the Essex Design Initiative. She was awarded the MBE in 1995 for Services to Architecture.

Anthony Hudson

Anthony Hudson is an architect and director of Hudson Architects, an award-winning practice of international renowned working in housing, cultural and education sectors and urban planning. The practice has offices in Norwich and London. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a board member of Living East. Anthony is also a CABE enabler.

Peter Studdert

Peter Studdert is Director of Joint Planning for Cambridge's Growth Areas and Northstowe New Town, based at South Cambridgeshire District Council but reporting equally to the Chief Executives of South Cambridgeshire District Council, Cambridge City Council and Cambridgeshire County Council. He was previously director of environment and planning at Cambridge City Council, and has nearly 30 years’ experience in local authority planning. Peter is a past chair of the English historic towns forum and a member of English Heritage's advisory committee. In 2003/4 he served on the government's sustainable buildings task group and on the DCMS steering committee for the review of heritage designations. Peter is also a member of the CABE planning advisory committee.

North East

Colin Haylock

Colin Haylock is an architect-planner. He is urban design group leader with Ryder, a design-led multi-disciplinary practice based in Newcastle and London with international links through the HKS family. He was previously head of environmental design with Newcastle City Council and has over 30 years’ experience spanning the public and private sectors. He has played a leading role in a range of award-winning major initiatives including Newcastle's East Quayside and Grainger Town. Colin has been heavily involved in national activity for the RTPI since 1990 and is focusing on developing its new urban design network. He is a member of the steering group of Ignite, the North East Centre for Excellence in Sustainable Communities and the CABE planning advisory committee.

Jim Johnsone

Jim Johnsone is the director of Tees Valley Living, a housing market renewal partnership covering the five districts of Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees. Previously he worked as a regional planner for the North of England at the Home Builders Federation and as assistant head of planning & transportation at Newcastle City Council. Jim is also a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute. He specialises in town planning/masterplanning, urban regeneration and design, housing market renewal and strategy formulation.

Stephen Stokoe

Stephen Stokoe is design services manager at Middlesbrough Council and has over 25 years’ experience working in the public, private and overseas sectors. He has established strong regional links through previous positions, such as advising the Government Office for the North East, contributing to Rethinking Construction North East Network. As well as being an executive board member of Constructing Excellence North East, he chairs the national best value benchmarking scheme for the North East. Stephen was beacon council award winner for Rethinking Construction in 2003/04.

South East

Richard Rose-Casemore

Richard Rose-Casemore set up his own company, Design Engine, in 2001 with offices now in London and Winchester. The company has a diverse portfolio including education, arts and commercial projects in southern England, Channel Islands and mainland Europe. Previously, Richard was director of Architecture PLB (Winchester) and worked for Richard Rogers Partnership and ORMS in London. Richard also runs a post-graduate unit at Oxford School of Architecture where he teaches part-time.

Jon Rowland

Jon Rowland is a consultant architect and urban designer, and principal of urban design practice JRUD. As an urban design consultant he has advised on urban design issues associated with the expansion of Stevenage and been responsible for masterplan and design strategies for 'urban villages' in Wolverhampton, West Didcot and Chapelford. Current work includes city centre strategies for Cardiff and Lincoln, Temple Quay North in Bristol and new settlement proposals near Exeter and Cambridge. Jon has taught at Oxford Brookes University and is part of a team advising the GLA on the spatial development strategy for London. John is also a CABE enabler.

South West

Jeremy Gould

Jeremy Gould is a practising architect and partner of Jeremy & Caroline Gould Architects, which specialises in new buildings and the repair of old buildings. He has written and lectured widely on the architectural history of the 20th century, is author of Modern Houses in Britain 1919-1939 (1977) and author of reports on the 1950s buildings of Princeshay in Exeter, Devon County Hall and the city of Plymouth. Jeremy is professor of architecture at the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Plymouth.

West Midlands

Meredith Evans

Meredith Evans is corporate director (environment and regeneration) at Telford and Wrekin Council, and chair of RTPI urban design network. He was previously a member of Urban Design Skills' Working Group, a judge for the Housing Design Awards, chair of the West Midlands RSS Task Group, overseeing reviews of the WMRSS, and a board member of MADE. Meredith is also a member of the CABE planning advisory committee.

Joe Holyoak

Joe Holyoak is a self-employed architect and urban designer, and lecturer at Birmingham School of Architecture at the University of Central England. Specialising in urban regeneration, his urban design practice focuses on the re-planning and regeneration of post-war housing estates. Joe was instrumental in the formation of MADE, the regional centre for architecture. He is a trustee of the Birmingham Conservation trust, and is a member of the design review panel for the West Midlands, as well as Urban Vision North Staffordshire. Joe has written several texts on his subjects, and contributes regularly to the Architects’ Journal and Urban Design.

Geoff Wright

Geoff Wright is head of planning at Asset and Infrastructure Management Solutions Ltd (Nuneaton) advising universities and regeneration developers. He is also a board member of RegenWM. Previously he directed Turley Associates Birmingham office. His extensive local government experience included working through the 1990s as major projects manager and head of city centre planning at Birmingham City Council, responsible for city centre planning and projects including the Brindleyplace and Bullring developments, new city squares and downgrading the inner ring road. Geoff is a member of the Urban Design Group and the CABE planning advisory committee.

Yorkshire and Humber

Helen Farrar

Helen Farrar is a chartered landscape architect and regeneration professional, with skills in design advice and training, community engagement and strategic regeneration. She has worked in the Yorkshire and Humber region for 20 years, including a key role as founding Urban Renaissance Manager at Yorkshire Forward. She contributes to landscape education at Leeds Metropolitan University and is a director of ‘arc’ – the Humber centre of excellence in the built environment. Helen is also on the Transform South Yorkshire Delivering Design Quality Enabling Panel and is a CABE Space enabler.

Atam Verdi

Atam Verdi is Director of Aspinall Verdi, property regeneration consultants. Previously he was a partner with international property consultant King Sturge before setting up his own practice. He is a chartered surveyor working in the urban regeneration and development consultancy sector. He has been based in the Yorkshire and Humber region for over 11 years and is involved in masterplanning, development framework and development delivery. Working with both public and private sectors to develop and implement schemes across the North of England. His projects incorporate the delivery of exemplary standards of design, environmental performance and innovative procurement.