Contact

Please use the contact details below to reach the appropriate member of the Directorate.

Historic Towns Forum
PO Box 22
Bristol
BS16 1RZ
United Kingdom

Tel: (0)117 975 0459
Email: htf@uwe.ac.uk

Directorate:
Director - Noël James
Design & Website Development - Caroline Dorling
Marketing & Communications - Helen Johnson
Finance & Events - Dawn West

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Directorate
	Noël James Director Biography Tel: 0117 9750459 Fax: 0117 9750460 Email: noel.james@uwe.ac.uk	Helen Johnson Marketing & Communications
		Caroline Dorling Design & Website Development
		Dawn West Finance & Events
Executive Committee

In consultation with the membership at the regular Strategy Meetings and through the AGM, the policies and strategies of HTF are guided by the elected and co-opted members of the Executive Committee. Members have a range of expertise; if you would like to discuss issues around any particular topic, send your enquiry to htf@uwe.ac.uk or direct to the email shown below.

	Debbie Dance Chair: Biography Tel: 01865 242918 Fax: 01865 246706 Email: d.dance@oxfordpreservation.org.uk	Oxford Preservation Trust
	Tony Wyatt Vice Chair Tel: 0844 800 6660 Mobile: 07974068285 Email: tonywyatt@plusud.co.uk Web: www.plusud.co.uk	+Plus Urban Design Ltd: Newcastle-Leeds-Manchester-Milton Keynes Position: Director and co-founder of an innovative urban design company helping local authorities, developers, landowners, community groups and local people to understand, protect, enhance and add value to their local places. 30+ years experience as a specialist urban design, architectural and historic environment advisor and practitioner in the planning, conservation and regeneration sectors. Responsibilities: Design Council CABE national panellist; Vice Chair of Integreat Plus Yorkshire Design Panel; Urban design advisor to Places Matter! North West and North East design review panels; Home Office national design review panellist; Northern Architecture Expert Panellist; Academy of Urbanism Place Partnering panellist and Academician. Previously Associate Director at _space group, Urban Design Director at Ryder Architecture and prior to that worked at Newcastle City Council as Urban Design and Conservation Group Manager.
	Dave Chetwyn Vice Chair Tel: 01782 825479 Email: dave.chetwyn@djc1.co.uk	DJC1 Planning Limited Position: Director of DJC1 Planning which specialises in planning, regeneration, heritage, urban design, community engagement and training. Responsibilities: CABE enabler, Chair of Urban Vision North Staffordshire and Vice Chair (Third Sector) of the National Planning Forum.
	Richard Tuffrey Honorary Treasurer Tel: 0845 129 7777 Fax: 01457 860290 Email: richard.tuffrey@highpeak.gov.uk	High Peak Borough Council Position: Planning Policy and Design Manager Responsibilities: Planning policy, conservation, heritage-led regeneration projects, design quality and urban design.

Representing Local Authority Members:
	Jim Blackwell Tel: 01905 722559 Email: jim.blackwell@worcester.gov.uk	Worcester City Council Position: Senior Planning Officer Responsibilities: Development Management, Heritage and Design, City Centre Masterplan, Climate Change and Flooding, Public Art and Urban Design.
	Ian Brown Tel: 01227 862193 Email: ian.brown@canterbury.gov.uk	Canterbury City Council Position: Head of Planning and Regeneration Responsibilities: Development Management and Enforcement; Conservation & Countryside services; Planning Policy; Transportation; Building Control; Land charges; Strategic Housing; Project lead on a number of regeneration and joint developer partner projects.
	Steve Tilbury Tel: 01962 848135 Email: stilbury@winchester.gov.uk	Winchester City Council Position: Corporate Director (Operations) Responsibilities: Major projects (inc residential and regeneration), service delivery including planning, cultural services, economic development.
	Dave Warburton Tel: 01904 551312 Email: david.warburton@york.gov.uk	York City Council Position: Head of Design Conservation and Sustainable Development (within the City Strategy Directorate of the City of York Council). David’s team includes all the specialist advice disciplines concerned with the stewardship of the City's built and natural environment, including architecture (conservation, regeneration and landscape), archaeology, ecology, sustainability, community planning and heritage renaissance, among others. He joined City of York Council 2 years ago from Durham County Council where he managed the County Design and Conservation team.

Representing Civic and Amenity Society Members:
	Stephen Langtree Tel: 0121 236 8110 Fax: 01244 304175 Email: admin@chestercivictrust.org.uk	The Chester Civic Trust

Co-opted Members:
	Judith Alfrey Tel: 01443 336052 Email: judith.alfrey@wales.gsi.gov.uk	Cadw Position: Head of Regeneration and Conservation
	Steven Bee Tel: 07808 654829 Email: steven.bee@urbancounsel.co.uk	Steven Bee Urban Counsel Position: Principal of Steven Bee Urban Counsel Responsibilities: Consultancy providing critical, creative and strategic advice and guidance to all involved in planning and development , based on experience of the processes involved from all perspectives. Cabe enabler and member of Cabe Planning Advisory Committee, Academician of Academy of Urbanism. Formerly Director of Planning and Development at English Heritage, Chief Planning Officer and Director Development Services at Winchester City Council, Technical Director Llewelyn-Davies.
	Brian Human Email: brian.human@btinternet.com	Individual Member/Former Chair of EHTF and formerly Head of Policy & Projects Cambridge City Council Position: Independent consultant with wide experience of urban land use, transport and environmental planning; takes an interdisciplinary approach to urban planning and growth, especially in the context of historic towns and cities; and has a strong interest in tourism planning and destination management.
	David Humphreys Tel: 0035 361 386555 Fax: 0035 361 386376 Email: info@acpgroup.ie	Architectural Conservation Professionals Position: Director in private practice consultancy specializing in the Historic Environment Responsibilities: Business development and day to day operation of practice. Professional areas of responsibility are historic landscapes and building conservation / surveying.
	Michael Loveday Tel: 01603 305575 Fax: 01603 305498 Email: michaelloveday@heritagecity.org	Heritage Economic & Regeneration Trust (HEART) Position: 1. Chief Executive 2. Chair Responsibilities: 1. Running a unique heritage regeneration company with 14 staff and a £1M turnover 2. providing strategic guidance for the CEO and Board of a national charity with 33 staff and a £2M+ budget.
	Ian Poole Tel: 01284 757350 Fax: 01284 757378 Email: ian.poole@stedsbc.gov.uk	St Edmundsbury Borough Council Position: Planning Policy & Specialist Services Manager Responsibilities: Planning Policy, Urban Design, Landscape, Conservation.
	John Preston Tel: 01223 457160 Email: john.preston@cambridge.gov.uk	Cambridge City Council Position: Historic Environment Manager Responsibilities: Conservation, design, and trees (managing the whole city tree stock) for Cambridge.
	Prue Smith Tel: 01603 627275 Email: pruesmith@btinernet.com	HTF Associate

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