Graham provides
strategic operational leadership
for nearly 600
case officers, planning and environmental officers and planning inspectors
across England handling nationally significant
infrastructure projects, planning appeals,
development plans and other specialist
casework.
He is leading improvements to operational performance, development
of a new web service and work with the Welsh Government to establish an
independent Planning Inspectorate for Wales.
Graham previously worked in planning at councils for 20 years culminating in being Director of Planning at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Graham is a Chartered Fellow of the Royal Town Planning Institute. He chaired RTPI South East from 2005-2007 and was a charitable trustee of RTPI from 2011-2019, chairing its Board of Trustees 2017-2019.