About
Le Vaillant OwenAn established and respected architectural practice based in Walmer with extensive experience across a broad range of projects locally and in surrounding areas including, but not limited to:
-
- Urban Design and Town Studies
- Housing design and residential development
- Heritage development and Conservation Areas
- Listed Building work
- Town Planning consultancy including development control advice.
- Market Town regeneration
- Project management.
- Property advice, including asset management.

Directors
Valerie Owen OBE and Bob Le Vaillant
Valerie Owen OBE
BSc BArch RIBA DipTP MRTPI ACIArb MRICS FRSA CEnv
Director
Valerie Owen is a Chartered Architect, Town Planner, Development Surveyor and Environmentalist – an expert in heritage, sustainable development and regeneration. In her early career, Valerie specialised in conservation and heritage, converting redundant Listed Buildings to commercial uses. She then became Architect Director at international consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle, upgrading properties in major Pension Fund portfolios. Later, Valerie became Managing Director at London First, delivering sustainable development programmes in housing, health and the environment through business–led, public/private partnerships.
Valerie is passionate about good design, regeneration, and sustainability. She has held numerous Ministerial and NED appointments, acting as commissioning client for major public sector projects.
Valerie received the National Women in Construction Lifetime Achievement Award (2015), the CBI’s ‘First Woman’ Built Environment Award (2016) and the Sunday Times Non–Executive Director of the Year Award (2017).
Link to website: valerieowen.com
Bob Le Vaillant
FInstLM FInstAM JP
Director
An expert in community regeneration and voluntary sector development, Bob Le Vaillant brings over 30 years experience of innovation and direct service delivery in the fields of community social work, outdoor education, youth crime diversion and the recruitment, training and management of volunteers. With over 20 years as a senior manager at the Universities Settlement in East London (Toynbee Hall), Bob’s leadership skills and qualities are complemented by an initial career in the Armed Forces.
At Le Vaillant Owen, Bob leads on the social and communiuty issues when delivering sustainable developments.