Natasha Cleaver

Natasha is an engineer, architect, and urbanist focusing on sustainability and design. As a structural engineer, she has contributed to a variety of specialist projects, including residential, commercial, and cultural buildings, and gained experience in project management.

To broaden her design knowledge of the built environment, Natasha completed a master's degree in Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences at TU Delft in the Netherlands, where she focussed on reuse, local materials and circular living. Before becoming an Associate, she worked for a small studio in Amsterdam alongside leading designers in the field of circular, reusable and bio-based architectural design.

Sevenoaks District Council

Natasha's role at Sevenoaks District Council fed into Development Management and Strategic Planning within the Planning department. Part of her role was to review the design quality of major planning applications and provide feedback comments to the Planning Officers, which then informed the determination of planning applications. This involved checking that the proposed development was in accordance with national and local design policy. Another part of her role was developing design policy and guidance for the Local Plan, particularly working on an approach to Design Coding for the district.