Portrait by Clare Elliott.
Noel has practised as a landscape architect for 30 years, with extensive experience in both the public and private sectors. His work is founded upon the belief that landscape makes an essential contribution to socially cohesive and sustainable communities.
He is an accomplished masterplanner and strategist who has an in-depth understanding of the people, diverse communities and politics that drive change in London. He is a passionate advocate for the social and environmental value of landscape, continuously asserting the importance of high-quality environments for all.
Alongside his work at Farrer Huxley, Noel is past President of the Landscape Institute (LI), where he is also a Fellow and past Chair of Policy. He sits on a number of Design Review panels, chairing the Essex Quality Review Panel and Co-Chairing the Oxford Design Review Panel. Noel is a Design Council (DC) Building Environment Expert (BEE) and has previously been a Board Member of the Construction Industry Council (CIC.)
Outside landscape architecture Noel’s main passions are cooking and beer.
BOARD POSITIONS
2017-2020
CIC Board Member
2014-2016
President of the Landscape Institute (Conferred PPLI)
DESIGN REVIEW
2019
Essex Quality Review Panel (Chair)
2016-present
Wandsworth Design Review Panel (Chair)
2015-present
Lewisham Design Review Panel
2015-present
Highways England Strategic Panel Member
2014-present
Hackney Estate Regeneration Design Advice
2014-present
ODRP Design Council - Design Review Co-Chair & Panel Member for Oxford
2013-present
PlacesMatter/ RIBA North West DRP
EDUCATION
2013
Fellow of the Landscape Institute (FLI)
1991
Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute (CMLI)
1986-1987
PG Dip LA - Landscape Architecture, Manchester Polytechnic
1982-1985
BA(Hons) - Landscape Design, Manchester Polytechnic