The Team

James Lindsey

With over 30 years of experience as a registered ARB certified chartered architect, James has a wealth of experience. Having worked on projects ranging from small householder developments to large commercial buildings in city skylines, whatever your design requirements James has you covered.

Paulina Laka

An accomplished ARB Chartered Archtiect with over 13 years in architectural design. Paulina excels at 2D drawings, 3D renders, interior design, building regulations drawings and BIM models. Whether residential or commercial and regardless of scale her designs always meet or exceed clients' expectations and delivery dates.

Emily Codrington

An ARB and RIBA certified chartered architect with over 20 years experience in both residential and commerical architectural design. With a strong passion for design and excellent attention to detail, she produces inspired designs that meet the client brief and give the best chance of securing planning permission, if required.

Gavin Nicholson

An ARB chartered architect with over 20 years experience, Gavin specialises in complex, large-scale developments, including luxury residential, mixed-use, and social housing projects. Gavin’s commitment to sustainability and design precision ensures that each project meets the highest standards of quality and innovation. 

Busra Sengel

A passionate architecterual designer who prides herself on producing elegant designs that meet the clients brief exactly. With a diligent work ethic, Busra takes just the right amount of time required to produce accurate scale architect drawing that meet councils' validation criteria whilst meeting her deadlines.

Berna Cebi

A highly skilled architectural designer who is passionate about high quality sophisticated designs, supported by sustainable methods. A specialist in high-end large-scale residential and hospitality projects. Her skills include 2D, 3D, interior and urban design.

Ezgi Cebi

A highly talented archtiectural designer with experience in all things design including 2D planning drawings, interior design and 3D renders for very large high end developments in places such as Dubai. With a great attention to detail Ezgi produces beautiful drawings that nail the cleints brief exceeding expectations ahead of time.

Rosalind Codrington

An experienced architectural designer who is passionate about delivering the high quality designs that meet the clients brief. Whatever your design requirement, Rosalind will help transfrom your idea into beautiful scale architect drawings that meet the councils validation criteria should you require planning permission for your development.

Kim Crisp

With a strong customer service background, Kim is a highly motivated member of the team who prioritises client satisfaction. She has a strong understanding of all planning and design considerations which enables her to provide quality guidance and support to all the clients she helps.

Routh Pelekis

With a wealth of experience in accounting and office administration Routh is a huge asset to the team. She is responsible for managing the company accounts, sending quotes, invoices and together with Abi project manages to ensure that the whole team deliver on time as promised, every time.

Cara Williams

Cara joined the planning industry in 2021. As an incredibly fast learner she has managed to absorb many years’ worth of knowledge in this short space of time. While providing free no obligation consultations, she explains the complexities of planning in clear and simple way that anyone can understand.

Ajay Anand

A passionate customer service advisor with over decades customer service experience. Additionally, Ajay has worked in the planning and design industry since 2019 so has a great deal of expertise when it comes to planning, design, building regulations and structural engineering.

Sue Bennett

A highly dedicated customer service advisor who always puts the customers interests first. Sue has a strong understanding and is able to answer non site specific queries regarding architectural design, planning permission, building regulations and structural engineering calculations.

Niamh Murphy

Niamh brings a wealth of experience in customer service and project management to her role as a dedicated Customer Service Advisor. Known for her exceptional organizational and communication skills, she handles client inquiries with efficiency and warmth, ensuring a smooth and positive experience for every customer.

Bertie Pollak

As a former carer, Bertie brings strong people skills and a talent for clear communication to his role at Planning By Design. An excellent listener, he explains complex planning matters in a way that's easy for clients to understand, ensuring they feel supported throughout the process.

Aisa 

Aisa is our artificially intelligent planning assistant and the first of her kind, at least in the planning and design industry. Currently she has the same training as our human customer service agents and can assist with any new enquiries but soon she will be able to help with much more...