Annie Coombs is a landscape architect and fellow of the Landscape Institute. She has worked on large-scale infrastructure projects, in particular linear projects including road railway and drainage schemes. She is co-chair of the north west’s design review panel run by Places Matter. Annie is one of Design Council CABE’s Built for Life examiners and a Built Environment Expert, as well as an examining inspector for major infrastructure projects with the Planning Inspectorate. She works as an independent consultant and enabler, engaged on green infrastructure and environmental regeneration.