#244 PropCast: Tom Sleigh - the City of London's planning optimist

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Tom Sleigh discusses his role as the youngest planning chair for the City of London and the importance of infrastructure in urban planning.

Tom Sleigh, Chairman of the Planning and Transportation Committee for the City of London Corporation, is the youngest planning chair the City has ever had, and potentially the country. Working in one of the most important square miles to the UK economy, infrastructure must be at the heart of all decisions made. The City has undergone a revival in recent years, driven largely by the macro and micro trends since the end of COVID. As Chair of the Planning and Transport Committee, Sleigh acknowledges he has got a lot of plates spinning to keep things running smoothly. On transportation, Sleigh believes the Corporation has a responsibility to provide high quality streets that ensure the smooth flow of people, whether that be on foot, bicycle or other forms of transport. It is the planning side that Sleigh says gets him asked far more questions, but this is the element he views as fairly straightforward. He was to continue to offer a predictable, stable, plan-led planning system that investors, developers and everyone else in the chain wanted to come into business with. Sleigh acknowledges that this is different from the perception sometimes given off, with many people seeing it as…

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Guest: Tom Sleigh

Topics covered

• urban planning
• transportation
• infrastructure
• COVID-19 impact
• City of London
• planning committee

Keywords

• Tom Sleigh
• City of London
• planning
• transportation
• infrastructure
• COVID-19
• urban development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: City of London Corporation

Places: City of London, UK

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