Two men have celebrated more than a century of town planning expertise between them.
Peter Winter and Andy Lowe have both played roles within the Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA).
Mr Winter had a 19-year stint with the entity and moved on to establish his own town planning consultancy.
Mr Lowe, a historic building specialist, served as a building conservation officer for the LDNPA.
Aside from their professional relationship, the duo are long-time friends and still collaborate on various town planning endeavours.
72-year-old Mr Winter, a resident of the Crooklands area, said: "We have worked in parallel during much of our careers and I can still go to Andy when I need some specialist advice on a planning project.
"His ability to quickly ‘read’ and interpret the history of a building is hugely beneficial when preparing schemes."
Now aged 77 and residing in Kendal, Mr Lowe said: "You would be hard pressed to find people with more experience in planning who are still working together."
Mr Winter's early career includes roles at Lincolnshire County Council, Wyre Forest District Council, and in Cornwall as an area planning officer.
He joined the then Lake District Special Planning Board in 1988 as a senior planning officer.
He covered projects like the replacement of the Blue Box theatre at Keswick, a housing scheme in Rosthwaite that won a national Civic Trust award, and halting the building of 18 turbines at Whinash, overlooking Tebay.
In 2007, he took the position of PFK's head of planning and development services and then set up his firm in 2017.
His services include aiding new planning applications, lawful development certificates and planning and enforcement appeals.
Current projects include the coordination of an affordable housing scheme in a Lakeland valley and the restoration and conversion of a Grade II listed building near Windermere.
Mr Lowe's career in the field was fuelled by his love for geography and his father’s profession as a planning officer.
He started as a planning assistant for Cheshire County Council in 1968, before becoming a member of the RTPI.
In 1975, he joined the Lake District Special Planning Board as a senior planning conservation officer.
Here he designed policies for archaeology and building conservation.
Mr Lowe worked on multiple conservation area designations and projects such as making Keswick a conservation area in 1981 and setting targets to pedestrianise its town centre.
He was also involved in negotiations leading to restoration work at Duddon Iron Furnace.
In 2006, after nearly 32 years, he retired from the LDNPA.
The former amateur racer, photographer and guitar player said: "These things and historic buildings are my passions.
"I have never been bored in my life.
"I am too busy to grow old."
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