Welcome to our new Judge, Gordon Isgrove. Biography details to follow.

Iestyn is a partner at Bell Cornwell Town Planning Consultants and oversees the firm’s West Country offices. He works on a wide range of projects with clients including landed estates, developers and private clients. Iestyn joined Bell Cornwell in 2010 and prior to this he worked for several major property advisory companies. Iestyn has a particular expertise in working on projects in the many sensitive locations across the South West.

Nathan is the founder, Managing Director and chartered town planner at consultancy firm, McLoughlin Planning, based in Cheltenham. He has over 25 years of experience in the public and private sectors, overseeing a wide range of complex projects across central and southern areas, with particular expertise in strategic planning, private client work, health care and aviation. Additionally, Nathan stands as an active member of the property and construction community, being involved with Constructing Excellence Gloucestershire and the Gloucestershire Committee of the Country Landowners Association.

Ron has over 30 years' experience in UK real estate, with 25 years in development as a principle. He has obtained planning permission for over 6,000,000 sq ft of mixed-use space including schemes in Bristol, Brighton, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Birmingham. Since founding Change Real Estate in Bristol in 2013, the company has gained consents for over 650 apartments, 110,000 sq ft of commercial space, and a 236-bed hotel, bringing to life schemes like Redcliff Quarter, Redcliffe Parade and The Old Brewery in Bristol.

As Managing Director at KTA, Ajay has extensive experience across multiple sectors delivering multi award-winning designs across the UK. He has led some of the region's significant projects including The Royal Clarence in Exeter, Exeter Chiefs Sandy Park Stadium and Hotel, and also a fantastic new multi-million pound Health and Wellbeing Centre in the heart of Plymouth, shaping the future regeneration of this deprived area. He also works closely with many schools in the South West, educating our future generations about the profession and is involved with the University of Plymouth School of Architecture. Ajay has also been influential in raising thousands of pounds for many local charitable organisations and food banks as an important committee member of the successful Building Forum Devon and Cornwall.

Thelma is a passionate campaigner for construction led initiatives in the South West of England and for encouraging more women into the industry at all levels. She is extremely proud, in that context, to be the Honorary President of the South West Women in Construction. As a former Regional Officer for the Chartered Institute of Building, she developed close links with all elements of the sector. She was the elected Chairman of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Economic Forum, the sub-regional economic partnership of the S W Regional Development Agency and Cornwall Council, for an unprecedented two terms, and a member of the Business Task Force of the EU funded Objective One Programme for Cornwall and Isles of Scilly. She was also a member of a wide number of other EU funding associated Committees and bodies.

She is, currently, the Chairman of the Cornwall Business Partnership and Life Member of the South West Business Council. Recognising education as the passport to a better and more rewarding life for our young people, Thelma has been a Governor of both Cornwall College and the University of St Mark and St John Plymouth. She is also an active supporter of the Cornwall Air Ambulance and member of its Philanthropy Forum.

She was awarded the OBE in 2010, in recognition of her contribution to the Economic Regeneration of Cornwall.