About the Directors

Jon Burgess

Jon Burgess is a rugby league-mad conservation specialist without a beard! He has over 20 years’ planning experience though for the past 15 years he has specialised in heritage and design work. Jon has a PhD in architectural conservation in addition to his planning qualifications. He was a Senior Manager at both Peterborough City Council and Cambridge City Council and was a founder-Director of QuBE. Jon is as passionate about high quality modern design as he is about historic buildings and areas and has worked with many of the country’s leading architects in devising exciting new schemes in historic areas.

Andy Thompson

Andy Thompson is a planner and urban designer with 30 years experience in both the private and public sectors. He has led numerous multi disciplinary teams dealing with major planning applications, planning and design briefs, public realm strategies and enhancement schemes. Instead of coasting towards retirement, Andy became a founder-Director of QuBE after over 20 years at Cambridge City Council to pursue his interest in achieving design quality in the built environment.

Lee Melin

Lee Melin is a chartered town planner who has chalked up almost two decades of experience in private practice – with commercial property and planning consultancies large and small – and in local authority. He brings to Beacon Planning, experience across the piece of large scale developments in the UK as well as in the Middle East on commercial, leisure and residential and mixed use projects. As a member of the Institution of Environmental Sciences, Lee's advised on a number of sensitive landscape and environmental schemes for commercial and statutory authority clients.