Dr Wei Yang

CEO, Digital Task Force for Planning, and Chairman

Wei Yang and Partners

Sounding board member

CEO, Digital Task Force for Planning, and Chairman, Wei Yang and Partners

Dr Wei Yang OBE is an internationally renowned town planner and urban designer, who champions a place-based whole systems approach to tackle the grand challenges of our times.

Wei is Co-Founder and CEO of Digital Task Force for Planning, an innovation-led social enterprise, and Founder and Chairman of Wei Yang & Partners, an award-winning master planning firm in London.

Actively promoting joined up thinking between different professionals, Wei is a Fellow of Academy of Social Sciences, a board member of the British Library and Chair of its Capital Portfolio Committee. She was President for 2021 of the Royal Town Planning Institute, Chair of the Construction Industry Council (2023-25).

Wei served as a member of the New Towns Taskforce (2024–25) and London Plan Review: Report of Expert Advisers (2023-24). She was awarded an OBE in the 2025 New Year Honours.

Latest contributions

London’s New Towns will define its next chapter for housing and growth

Planning

01 October 2025

London’s New Towns will define its next chapter for housing and growth

The New Towns Taskforce report marks a pivotal moment for housing and planning in England, setting out that meeting demand needs a step change in delivery, with London key to the solution.

Planning

04 February 2025

Digital Planning Directory launches: a milestone moment for the UK’s planning sector

Digital Task Force for Planning CEO, Dr Wei Yang, unveils The Digital Planning Directory, a key resource that connects the UK's planning sector with innovative digital solutions.