David Lunts
Regional Director - London
Homes and Communities Agency
David Lunts is Regional Director for London at the Homes and Communities Agency. He was previously Executive Director for Policy & Partnerships at the Greater London Authority, with responsibility for planning, regeneration, environmental and social policy.
Before moving to the GLA in February 2005, he was Director of Urban Policy at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, where he played a key role in the sustainable communities plan and wider urban and regional policy, including sponsorship of English Partnerships, the Core Cities and the Northern Way.
He began his regeneration career in Manchester where he was Chair of the City Council’s Housing Committee from 1988 – 95, and led the City Challenge renewal of Hulme in the early 1990s.
David moved to London in 1996 to run the Urban Villages Forum, a widely supported membership not-for-profit group, and established a joint projects team with English Partnerships to deliver major mixed development schemes. He became the chief executive of the newly formed Prince’s Foundation in 1998, a projects, teaching and policy charity for the urban and built environment. He was also a member of Lord Rogers’ Urban Task Force.