Ellen Hadden

Prior to joining Public Practice, Ellen practiced as an architect, most recently as a senior associate at DSDHA. Her architectural experience spans public realm design, brief writing and project leading masterplans and new build housing. Acting as masterplan lead in the Central Somers Town Community Investment Programme, she worked with five other practices, developing a dialogue between a multi-headed client and stakeholder group. In 2016, she was awarded a 2-year Research Fellowship in the Built Environment by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, which investigated how improvements to walking and cycling infrastructure can help improve London’s public realm.

London Borough of Havering

As part of the fourth cohort of Public Practice, Ellen's role as Principal Urban Design Officer at the London Borough of Havering involved embedding design across the planning process to ensure that growth and regeneration was of a high quality. She provided urban design input through the Local Plan, the design review process, advising on regeneration initiatives and inputting into strategically important planning applications, including within the Council’s major regeneration areas of Romford Town Centre and Rainham/Beam Park.