Shonagh specialises in urban regeneration policy and has considerable practical experience of research issues affecting the built environment.

Clients who have recently benefited from her insight range from Pathfinders in Newcastle and Hull, NDCs in Wolverhampton and London, and local authority-led regeneration programmes.

Shonagh has been working closely with our Communities specialists over the past two years and acts as consultant on local authority issues including housing, neighbourhoods, homelessness and other issues affecting the built environment.

Shonagh has a 2:1 Hons degree in Town and Regional Planning from the University of Sheffield. She has also recently completed her MA, also in Town and Regional Planning, having specialised in the scope and role of community engagement in current urban regeneration practices.