Planning leadership · James Lunday
Four decades of planning, urban design and regeneration experience applied to land where policy, people, place and commercial outcomes collide.
01 / Profile
James works across strategic land assessment, master planning, planning pathways and urban regeneration. His experience includes senior public-sector leadership and private development advice, allowing him to translate complex policy, stakeholder and place constraints into a development direction that can be tested and advanced.
02 / Selected experience
These four examples were selected because they best demonstrate the capabilities developers typically need when a site cannot be solved by a standard consent pathway.
2008–2011 · Urban Design · Planning
A 200-home village on a 100-hectare peri-urban site. Land-capacity analysis, integrated design and low-impact engineering supported a successful case through Council hearings and the Environment Court.
Best evidence of land-use strategy, planning advocacy and a development model that challenged restrictive rules with environmental and economic evidence.
View official project2010 · Urban Design · Landscape · Planning
A review of airport assets, business strategy and landholdings established an Aerocity development direction, precinct structure and future transport, infrastructure and open-space networks.
Demonstrates board-level strategic advice and the ability to turn a highly complex landholding into a clear framework for investment and development partners.
View official project2010 · Urban Design · Landscape Architecture
A private Plan Change for a sensitive 100-hectare coastal setting, informed by land-capacity analysis, seven character areas, ecological restoration and proactive stakeholder engagement.
Shows how planning, landscape values, community expectations and commercial development can be reconciled into an approvable land strategy.
View official projectRegeneration · Urban Design · Public Realm
While General Manager at Regenerate Christchurch, James was a leading force behind the long-term strategy to restore Cathedral Square as the civic heart and gathering place of the city.
Direct evidence of James leading a politically visible regeneration challenge with institutional, public-realm and long-term city outcomes at stake.
View official projectProject details are summarised from the official Common Ground portfolio. Cathedral Square explicitly records James's leadership role; the other projects are presented as selected experience from the practice he founded and led.
03 / Start with the difficult question