Tony Burton

Tony works free range on community, design and environmental projects. He was CPRE’s first Planning Officer and left as Deputy Director in 2001 to become a Director at the National Trust. He is a neighbourhood planning examiner and convenes Neighbourhood Planners.London as a volunteer. 

Tony is Chair of Power to Change (supporting community business) and a trustee of SMK (supporting campaigners) and Nationwide Foundation. He is a former Vice Chair of Friends of the Earth and trustee of TCV. Tony chaired the National Lottery Community Fund during the pandemic. He advised the National Infrastructure Commission on design and is Vice Chair of HS2’s Independent Design Panel. Tony founded Civic Voice in 2010 and is Secretary of his local civic society, convenes Independent Merton Green Spaces Forum and chairs Wandle Valley Forum.