Dr Steven Norris (BA Hons, MPhil, PhD, MRTPI) is an Executive Director at Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) and national head of the multi-disciplinary Planning, Regeneration + Infrastructure (PR+I) business comprising some 150 advisers based out of London and the regional hub offices in Bristol, Exeter, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and Chelmsford.

Steve also heads up LSH’s specialised Town Centre & Economic Regeneration (TCER) team, and has over 32 years’ experience advising the public and private sectors on the planning, regeneration and transformation of Britain’s towns, high streets and shopping centres.Examples of the diverse centres and places where Steve and his team have prepared evidence-based visions and regeneration strategies, underpinned by wide-ranging consultation and stakeholder engagement, include: Dartford, Hastings, Hitchin, Basingstoke, Camberley, Winchester, Walsall, Hull, Southampton, Great Yarmouth, Hitchin, Nottingham, Dalston, Ealing, Bexley, Greenwich, Basildon, Rugby, Fareham, Nuneaton and Newmarket.

Since 2020 Steve and his team have also helped unlock c.£500m of Government-backed funds to kick-start critical regeneration and infrastructure projects in several centres, including Grays, Corby, Stafford and Tilbury. This has included the delivery of a new 6th Form College in a long-term vacant building in the heart of Corby town centre and the development of a new youth centre in Tilbury.

Steve sits on Revo’s strategic board and was an Expert Adviser to the Government's High Street Task Force for five years up to the dissolution of the programme in 2024. He is also an active member and supporter of the Association of Town & City Management (ATCM); ACES, New London Architecture (NLA) and Reading Real Estate Foundation (RREF). Steve regularly presents at conferences, seminars and workshops on town centre and high street regeneration, revitalisation and repurposing.