A young man with light skin, blue eyes, and light brown hair, wearing a blue and white checkered collared shirt, standing against a plain light-colored wall.

Martin Gilmour
Deputy Director for Planning, Department for Transport.

Martin heads up all the Department for Transport’s planning functions and lead the recent changes to the NPPF to include a vision led approach to transport. Prior to joining the Department Martin has enjoyed various transport planning roles throughout his career both at Transport for London and in Local Government, bringing a wide perspective of transport policy and decision making from the local delivery level right through to the strategic and national policy level.