Amanda Gregor

Amanda is an Urban Designer with a wide-ranging professional and academic background encompassing urban design, sociology, anthropology and sustainability. Prior to joining Public Practice, she worked in the resilient infrastructure team at the London office of the Dutch engineering practice Witteveen+Bos, where she undertook projects at the intersection of urban design, transport, public health and social change. Alongside her work at Witteveen+Bos, Amanda was also part of Peckham Coal Line; a community-led project with the overarching aim of creating a linear park connecting two high streets in South London.

Sevenoaks District Council

Part of the second cohort of Public Practice, Amanda joined Sevenoaks District Council’s Strategic Planning Policy Team as an Urban Designer, with the aim of developing a design culture and language for Sevenoaks and embedding this into the planning process. Her role involved providing specialist design advice on major schemes; creating a ‘best practice portfolio’ of projects built within the district; developing design training for Officers, Members and Parish Councils; and working with the Economic Development Team and Parish Councils to deliver targeted public realm improvements.