Trudi is currently a member of Lord Taylor’s review team reviewing planning guidance for Nick Boles MP. Trudi sits on the Editorial Group of the Journal of Planning, Theory and Practice, the Policy Council of National Infrastructure Planning Association, the Oxford Joint Planning Law Conference Committee, the DCLG Planning Sounding Board, the DCLG Homes Bonus Evaluation Advisory Group and is a Council Member of the University of Warwick.

Trudi has worked in planning related fields for 20 years as Director of the Government Office for the West Midlands, Chief Executive of Bridgnorth District Council, Chief Executive of West Midlands Regional Assembly and the West Midlands Local Government Association. She has also worked as a lawyer in both the public and private sectors.