Building with Nature Standards Board

Building with Nature is delighted to announce the appointment of the organisation’s Standards Board. Eleven additional members join the Chair, Professor Alister Scott, and will act as the guardian body for the Building with Nature standards.  

The Chair, Alister Scott was appointed in Autumn 2018.  

The other members are as follows:

Julia Thrift, Town and Country Planning Association

Clare Warburton, Natural England

Helen Wakeham, Environment Agency

Anna Rose, Planning Advisory Service

Nick Rogers, Taylor Wimpey

Jan Bessell, Pinsent Masons

Mike Roberts, Vertigo

Richard Blyth, Royal Town Planning Institute

Sue Young, Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts

Kristen Anderson, The Scottish Government

Emily Finney, Welsh Government

Peter Geraghty, Southend-on-Sea Borough Council

Peter Madden, Building with Nature

Chair of Building with Nature Standards Board, Professor Scott, says “I am privileged to chair the Standards Board which is stacked with expertise and experience across the built and natural environment professions and sectors.  The creation of a standards board helps ensure that Building with Nature Standards are revised, where appropriate; are fit for purpose and thus enable developers, planners and other interested stakeholders to understand and champion what good green infrastructure looks like, raising the bar on development quality and integrity”.