Joanna Averley took up the role of Chief Planner at DLUHC in September 2020.  She is a town planner with 30 years’ experience working across government, major projects and with local authorities. She has been involved in all aspect of planning research, policy, practice and project delivery.  Prior to this role she was at HS2 where she led on how the railway interfaces with its context with plan making and consenting processes.