The City of London Corporation has said its assistant director of design Gwyn Richards will become interim chief planning officer when Annie Hampson retires next month.

Richards joined the authority in 2007 from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and has held his current post since 2014, when it was created following the departure of Peter Rees.

Square Mile bosses said Richards had led or been involved with every tower and major development within the corporation’s bounds over the past decade, giving him “specialist knowledge of the City’s unique built environment”.

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