Jonny Anstead,
Founding Director
Jonny Anstead,
Founding Director
Jonny Anstead cofounded TOWN in 2014 with Neil Murphy, and together they lead the business.
He brings over twenty years’ experience in land assembly, commercial appraisal, urban design, masterplanning and delivery. Jonny was joint project director for the award-winning Marmalade Lane cohousing neighbourhood in Cambridge, led TOWN’s involvement in Hartree, a proposal for 5,600 homes in North Cambridge, and currently oversees TOWN’s 145-home neighbourhood at Northstowe in partnership with Hill, as well as our partnership with The Crown Estate at Westwick Row, Hemel Hempstead.
Jonny is active in the wider agenda to improve the built environment. He writes and speaks on the future of housing, community-led development and aligning social and environmental impact with commercial outcomes, and speaks regularly at conferences in the UK and overseas. He served as Chair of the Quality of Life Foundation from 2022 to 2025 and has contributed to planning policy, parliamentary inquiries and broader national debate. He holds a first class degree in Modern Languages from the University of Cambridge.
Jonny at the Start With Children summit in Bratislava
Jonny leading a codesign session at Northstowe
Jonny Anstead cofounded TOWN in 2014 with Neil Murphy, and together they lead the business.
He brings over twenty years’ experience in land assembly, commercial appraisal, urban design, masterplanning and delivery. Jonny was joint project director for the award-winning Marmalade Lane cohousing neighbourhood in Cambridge, led TOWN’s involvement in Hartree, a proposal for 5,600 homes in North Cambridge, and currently oversees TOWN’s 145-home neighbourhood at Northstowe in partnership with Hill, as well as our partnership with The Crown Estate at Westwick Row, Hemel Hempstead.
Jonny is active in the wider agenda to improve the built environment. He writes and speaks on the future of housing, community-led development and aligning social and environmental impact with commercial outcomes, and speaks regularly at conferences in the UK and overseas. He served as Chair of the Quality of Life Foundation from 2022 to 2025 and has contributed to planning policy, parliamentary inquiries and broader national debate. He holds a first class degree in Modern Languages from the University of Cambridge.
Jonny at the Start With Children summit in Bratislava
Jonny leading a codesign session at Northstowe
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