City of London Corporation

The City Planning team’s Pro-Growth, proactive solution-focussed culture reinforces investor confidence in the City and consequently overseen a 10-year record-breaking year of applications, bucking the national trend, delivering over half a million sqm of floorspace, accommodating 40,000 jobs for the UK. A “Platinum” rated Planning service, radically transforming the City as an inclusive, welcoming 7-day destination with 12 free-to-visit cultural attractions, 10 new pedestrian routes and 5,700 sqm of new public realm granted in 2025. The team are an inclusive, diverse, proactive and award-winning planning policy thought-leaders, proud, outward-facing, global ambassadors, championing the transformative power of Planning benefitting all communities