Meet our team
Our team brings together landscape architects, landscape planners and urban designers with experience across planning, design and delivery. This breadth of expertise allows us to provide the right level of support for each commission, whether undertaking a single specialist study or contributing throughout the life of a project.
Many of our projects draw on the experience of more than one member of the team, ensuring clients benefit from the collective knowledge, capacity and continuity of the practice, together with the expertise most relevant to each commission.
Dick Longdin | Partner
Dick is an expert in residential masterplanning and green infrastructure planning for complex schemes, with extensive experience as an Expert Witness. A Fellow of the Landscape Institute since 2012, he was appointed a Landscape Institute Ambassador in 2017 and a Recognised Practitioner in Urban Design by the Urban Design Group in 2019. He oversees the practice’s masterplanning and urban design work.
Dick Longdin
Nicola Jacob | Partner
Nicola specialises in masterplanning and landscape assessment, from individual sites to new settlements. She helps clients understand landscape sensitivities and development opportunities, balancing planning requirements, design quality and commercial considerations. She leads the team through feasibility and planning, providing strategic landscape advice and helping shape proposals that respond to their setting. She also provides landscape expert witness services.
Nicola Jacob
Lindsay Cordall | Partner
Lindsay combines a keen eye for detail with a practical approach to delivering high-quality landscapes. His work balances design quality, buildability and value, finding workable solutions to technical challenges. Leading project teams through detailed design for planning and construction, he also oversees the practice’s landscape implementation work. His experience includes serving as a Supervisor and Examiner for the Landscape Institute’s Pathway to Chartership.
Lindsay Cordall
Danielle Bentley | Junior Partner
Danielle has expertise in technical detailed design for planning, design coordination and contract administration. She manages the delivery of large-scale strategic infrastructure and landscape schemes, including implementation on site. Danielle is also a Mentor for Pathway to Chartership candidates.
Danielle Bentley
Laurie Sangwin | Senior Associate
Laurie is a talented landscape architect who specialises in urban design, residential layout and planting design and is also a skilled designer of natural play spaces. He currently manages a number of projects through the early planning stages for established clients. He is also a Mentor for Pathway to Chartership candidates.
Laurie Sangwin
Alison Forsythe | Practice Manager
Alison has a background in illustration and graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University in 1986 with a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design. She joined Randall Thorp as Practice Manager in 2003 and looks after the office IT, finance and business operations.
Alison Forsythe
Tom Stanton | Senior Urban Designer
Tom joined Randall Thorp in 2025, having studied Landscape and Architecture at the University of Sheffield before completing an MArch in landscape and urbanism. He brings extensive practical experience in urban design, masterplanning and architectural design, with a focus on creating cohesive, integrated places that enhance people’s wellbeing.
Tom Stanton
Joanne Folland | Landscape Assessor
Joanne has extensive experience in preparing Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments which can withstand close scrutiny at planning appeals in addition to a broader range of design skills, all of which benefit from her careful and considered approach to landscape design. She focuses on the planning stages of projects and oversees Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment services.
Joanne Folland
Chloe Greenwood | Project Landscape Architect & Senior Graphic Designer
Chloe joined Randall Thorp with a distinction from Manchester School of Art and a BA (Hons) in Landscape Architecture from the University of Sheffield. She brings experience in graphic design, digital illustration, technical design, planning, construction detailing and design coordination for large-scale landscape and infrastructure projects.
Chloe Greenwood
Jacob Pugh | Project Landscape Architect
Jacob completed his Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture at the University of Sheffield in 2020 and has since gained extensive experience across both landscape design and planning. His work has focused on the delivery of spatial masterplanning projects at a range of scales, supporting both site promotion strategies and planning applications. This experience led to him becoming a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute in 2025.
Jacob Pugh
Kamran Iqbal | Landscape Architect
Kamran rejoined Randall Thorp in 2023 after graduating with an MLA in Landscape Architecture with Ecology from the University of Sheffield in 2023 where he won the Ares Design Excellence Award, having spent his placement year working at Randall Thorp. He’s now enjoying working on a range of schemes from strategic planning to detailed design and continually expanding his knowledge of software and graphic skills.
Kamran Iqbal
Lara Neathey | Landscape Architect
Lara graduated from the University of Sheffield with a BA in Landscape Architecture, followed by a Masters of Landscape Architecture in 2022, where she won the PechaKucha award for her project work in Lisbon. After four years in Sheffield, she joined the Randall Thorp team in Manchester. She has a particular interest in residential masterplanning and urban design.
Lara Neathey
Hannah Gibb | Landscape Graduate
Hannah graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2025 with an Integrated Masters in Landscape Architecture, following a placement year at Randall Thorp. She rejoined the team in 2026 as a Graduate Landscape Architect, with interests in strategic masterplanning and urban design. She is passionate about creating healthy, connected and climate-responsive places that enhance the natural environment.
Hannah Gibb
Elise Miglierina | Landscape Assistant
Elise is joining Randall Thorp for her year-out placement, part of her integrated master's in Landscape Architecture at the University of Sheffield. She has a particular interest in designing holistically to create spaces that help people connect with their natural environment, and she's looking forward to learning as much as she can from the team around her.
Elise Miglierina