Vistry Group is the UK’s leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes.  They sell homes on the open market through three respected brands: Bovis Homes, Linden Homes, and Countryside Homes. According to their website, they built 16,188 homes in 2023.

You can read more about The Vistry Group at: https://www.vistrygroup.co.uk/

Andrew Taylor is Group Planning Director at Vistry Group. Before joining Countryside/Vistry, Andrew was Head of Planning for a developer in the Eastern Counties and prior to that spent over 18 years in planning authorities in the southeast of England. He has experience of both urban and rural planning from small scale exception needs housing to master planning new settlements, major town centre redevelopments and international airport expansion.

Andrew chaired the Royal Town Planning Institute Board of Trustees for 4 years to December 2016 and was Hon. Treasurer for 6 years from January 2017. He remains a Trustee, on the RTPI’s General Assembly and is a member of the English Policy Committee.

Andrew is a member of the Home Builders Federation National Planning committee, the Policy and Technical Committee of the Land, Planning and Development Federation, a member of the Women in Planning Advisory board and Chair of the National Planning Forum’s Management Committee, championing planning and inspiring all those involved in the planning process and in delivering the new planning agenda.

Andrew is also on The Radix Housing Commission being Chaired by Dame Kate Barker. You can read the initial recommendations here.

We will use Conversation to explore with Andrew his thoughts on recent planning announcements, from a housebuilder perspective, and through the lens of understanding the Radix Housing Commission's interim recommendation. This should be a fascinating discussion.