John leads the planning team at the London Thames
Gateway Development Corporation which has been responsible over the
last three years for agreeing proposals to create more than 8,100
new homes and 8,500 jobs. He has also led on the setting of a ground-breaking tariff approach to secure private sector contributions to infrastructure and community benefits to support new developments through the planning process.
He leads the organisation’s programme for compulsory acquisition of land where action is needed to progress development projects. The approach taken by LTGDC has been endorsed by the Secretary of State on appeal.
His responsibilities also cover transport where he advises the Board on planning and investment priorities and an overview of the statutory planning processes and masterplanning which LTGDC funds and contributes to.
John was previously Head of Planning and Development at the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, joining them in 2000. There he initiated and led the K + 20 twenty year vision for regeneration in Kingston town centre.
He also served on the executive of SWELTRAC (the South West London Transport Conference), securing funds from Transport for London for investment in strategic transport projects.
Prior to 2000, he held a number of planning appointments in west London Boroughs. He was closely associated with a number of major planning applications there including Stanhope’s 1.5 million sq ft business park on the former Chiswick Busworks site – which yielded a £23.5 million s106 package of environmental and infrastructure improvements for the area; as well as major town centre and Thames Riverside mixed use developments at Brentford and Feltham.