Luke Carter is a Chartered Town Planner and has been a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute since 2001. He has worked in the private sector since 2004 and prior to that worked in Local Government from 1997 rising to Principal Planning Officer for East Sussex County Council. Luke occasionally tutors postgraduate architecture students and is involved in the mentoring programme for postgraduate planning students at the University of Brighton.

Simon Bareham is a Chartered Town Planner and has been a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute since 1998. He has worked in both the public and private sector, and has advised private, national and international clients on a range of development projects throughout the south east of England. Simon also tutors postgraduate architecture students at Southbank University London and Brighton University.

Paul Burgess is a Chartered Town Planner and has been a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute since 1999. He has worked locally for Brighton & Hove City Council and DMH Stallard Solicitors and nationally for larger consultancies including RPS Planning & Indigo Planning. Paul has appeared as an expert planning witness at a number of Public Inquiries and is a member of the Brighton & Hove Economic Partnership.

Joseph Pearson is an Associate and joined Lewis & Co in 2016 having previously worked as a private consultant and in Local Government. He has significant experience acting as a lead consultant delivering major residential and mixed use developments for both public and private sector clients. Joseph previously worked for Mid Sussex District Council as a Planning Policy Officer and brings a range of experience in more specialist areas such as land promotion, strategic planning, habitat regulations, and housing needs. Joseph is a Chartered Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and an occasional lecturer at the University of Brighton.

Paul Joyce has been with L&C for 7 years starting as a Graduate Planner straight from his Masters Degree at Brighton University. During his 7 years he has seen two promotions and now is a Senior Planner within the practice. When speaking of how he came to embark on a career as a planner he talks of his BA degree in History inspiring an interest in how towns and cities are put together. Paul has always had an interest in how impressive architectural buildings speak of their era. Much like the renowned Architect, Frank Gehry’s inspiring quote “Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.” 

Within L&C Paul specialises in small to medium housing schemes on infill or redevelopment sites, extensions and alterations to public houses, as well as developments in heritage areas and is a new member of the IHBC South East (Institute of Historic Building Conservation). Paul has also developed himself to be quite the expert in HMO developments and has a myriad of successful applications across the country!

When Paul isn’t writing planning statements and studying the Town and Country Planning Act, he enjoys socialising (in the many extended public houses he has achieved permission for), reading, sports and plotting out his life long ambition to own a vineyard.

Zac joined the Lewis & Co team as a Planner in 2024. He is an enthusiastic and determined planner, currently in his final year of the RTPI's Planning Degree Apprenticeship. Zac brings over 6 years experience from previous roles at Arun District Council and Henry Adams LLP, with a range of experience on residential, commercial and leisure schemes.

In January 2022, Zac joined the South Coast Young Planners Network as Social Media Co-Ordinator, before being elected as Chair in July 2022. He also serves on the RTPI South East Regional Activities Committee, and as part of the Governance Committee for the Commonwealth Association of Young Planners. 

Toby is an Assistant Planner at Lewis & Co Planning. Toby Graduated in 2022 with a BSc in Urban Planning and Development from Cardiff University and he joined the Lewis & Co team in 2024 after working for 1.5 years at a planning and architecture practice in Worthing. During his career so far, he has worked on a number of minor and major schemes across the south of England, assisting with the day to day running, production of planning documentation and negotiation with local Councils.

Toby has key experience in handling the discharge of planning conditions, writing planning statements and pre application advice requests. Outside of the office he is a keen boulderer and enjoys climbing, watching good (also bad) films, cooking, attending music events and travelling.