Rob Singleton, Head of Planning, Planning Policy, Housing and Transport, Department for Transport
Robert Singleton MRTPI is an experienced town planner with over 16 years in the profession. He has a wide range of experience in the public sector including leading an innovative sustainable design and construction team, acting as planning lead for major regeneration projects and Development Consent Orders, and more recently heading up the National Infrastructure Team at the then MHCLG.
Following a move to the DfT in 2019, Robert became Head of Planning, Housing and Transport and for the last 4 years has been working on establishing and growing a centre of excellence for engaging with planning, housing and transportation matters for the Department. The team provides expert and specialist planning and housing input to the full range of modal policy areas. The key driver of the new Planning, Housing and Transport Team is to foster a step change and better align the spatial planning with transport to drive truly sustainable patterns of development. Development that is served by the right infrastructure, delivered in the right place and at the right time.
