Lynda Addison is a planner with some 40 years experience and a former chief officer including Director of Planning and Transport in Hounslow. She has substantial experience of initiating and evolving collaborative working arrangements on a wide range of issues and strategies within local authorities, and with public and private sector partners, and delivering change.  She currently leads the LDF diagnostic evaluation for PAS, and service reviews for authorities across a wide range of services.  She has led on best practice reviews for the government e.g. on travel plans and planning, improving development management services, and identifying a 5 year land supply. She has substantial expertise in developing strategy, policy and delivery plans; and designing and delivering capacity building/training modules e.g. for PAS, DfT, ODPM, as well as for individual local authorities, to meet their particular needs. Lynda is an experienced facilitator and been engaged by CLG, DfT and the PMDU amongst others to undertake this role particularly in areas of potential controversy. She advises on all aspects of planning, sustainable transport and management of services.

Qualifications & Professional Associations:

Diploma in Town Planning, Polytechnic of Central London 1972

Geography BSc (special), Portsmouth Polytechnic 1967

OBE for services to town and country planning in July 2007

Visiting Professor in Town Planning at the University of Westminster

English Heritage Commissioner and Vice-chair of EHAC

MIoD

MRSA

Voluntary Interests

Director and Trustee of TCPA and a member of the Policy Council

Director and Trustee of Living Streets

Adviser to Campaign for Better Transport

Director of the Paddington Business Improvement District

Was a member of the European project SOLUIONS Steering Group; on Policy Direction Sounding Board on the Callcutt Review; on PAS Steering Group

Topics of papers given at conference and for publication:

Why do we need to make spatial planning work?

Using the planning process to secure travel plans

Planning at the heart of delivering sustainable transport

How to deliver sustainable dev elopement – a challenge!

The role of members in spatial planning

Accessibility and Sustainability

Sustainable Cities

Sustainable Housing

Developing walking strategies

Modernisation of planning

Town Centre Management

Regeneration through the Planning Process

The Street Excellence Model