John has worked on a range of building and landscape conservation projects both in Australia and the UK for the past 30 years. Projects have ranged from the restoration of historic parks and gardens to broader landscape and urban characterisation assessments and strategies. He worked with the City of Ballarat on the Historic Urban Landscape approach to mapping the Municipality and in the Central Goldfields has been involved with conservation and landscape studies for Maldon and the Castlemaine Diggings. John is currently working in the City of Ballarat’s Strategic Planning Unit on a number of strategic projects across the Municipality including a Skyline and Strategic View Assessment and Ballarat’s Neighbourhood Character Study.