Tom is the Head of the Design, Conservation & Sustainability Team which works within the Town Planning service for Westminster City Council. The team of 19 professionals including architects, urban designers, historic buildings specialists and sustainability specialists, work with planning colleagues in assessing development proposals and listed building issues. The importance of sustainability has become an increasingly significant strand of the team’s work and Tom is currently working with colleagues in steering Westminster’s Retrofit Taskforce. Tom has worked for Westminster City Council since 2002 during which time he has developed a thorough understanding of the city’s historic environment, its management and the challenges that need to be met in such a dynamic and diverse place with an internationally recognised historic townscape.