Dave Jones is the Senior Planning Manager in the DCLG’S National Planning Casework Unit. The Unit was established in March 2011 to manage planning decisions on behalf of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and forms part of the Planning Directorate. He previously worked for the Government Office for the South West where he held the post of Planning & Housing Manager for Dorset & Somerset. In his current role, he is undertaking a fundamental review of the Secretary of State’s role in all aspects of planning decision making and he is also taking forward the implementation of CPO reforms.