Alistair Macdonald

Alistair is a chartered town planner working across masterplanning, policy development, planning strategy, regeneration, project management, stakeholder engagement and research. He is motivated by working collaboratively with talented colleagues to set a context for sustainable, attractive, successful places. His work takes him to locations across the UK, he supports a growing number of projects in Ireland alongside our Dublin office, and in the Arabian Peninsula.

For the redevelopment of the large brownfield site west of York’s Railway Station, Alistair designed and delivered the engagement strategy. For Peabody Trust, he helped prepare the Thamesmead Futures Plan to shape the growth and development of Thamesmead over the next twenty years and beyond; and for Lucent, he worked on proposals for two new villages at Lincolnshire Lakes.

Alistair has authored several masterplan framework and design-led Development Briefs and Supplementary Planning Documents, ranging from the Grafton Centre in Cambridge to Rochester Riverside. Alistair plays a key role in managing our work with the Land Development Agency (Ireland) and Homes England.

He holds degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University of Westminster.