LDA Design

LDA Design is a 200-strong employee-owned business. We operate a one-business model, with studios located in Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, London, Manchester, Oxford and Peterborough

Executive summary from entrant:

LDA Design is an employee-owned collective of placemakers with a purpose to shape the world for the better. Our approach to planning is distinctive, collaborative and interdisciplinary. We start by listening. We search for answers beyond the red line, and focus on the best outcomes for communities and clients, securing successes for both. Planning has a huge role to play in creating the quality places we urgently need. This year, we have advocated publicly on the value of a well-defined and motivating purpose for planning, with health, wellbeing and care for the environment at its heart.