Spencer Powell
Principal Consultant
I am a chartered town planner at LDA Design with experience of planning for large-scale renewable energy, residential development, placemaking and green infrastructure. Recent projects include co-authoring a report for the RTPI on the role of planning in achieving net-zero transport emissions, and successfully managing a portfolio of solar and energy storage infrastructure schemes from pre-planning through to determination. I have also worked on cultural placemaking and regeneration frameworks in Cambridge and Manchester.
I am particularly interested in how we can make planning more responsive to the climate emergency through better policy integration and a more strategic approach to growth, regeneration, and land management. Outside of work you’ll often find me wandering the city, possibly heading in the direction of a cosy coffee shop or sunny beer garden.
Q&A
Anywhere along the Purbeck coastline.
‘Bring Up the Bodies’ by Hillary Mantel and ‘Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City’ by Richard Sennett.
I can’t do a forward roll.