OPDC appoints delivery director 

The Mayor of London’s development corporation, Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC), has appointed Gareth Blacker to a new senior role of executive director of delivery. 

Blacker will be responsible for leading OPDC’s growing delivery role to bring forward 25,000 new and affordable homes and 56,000 new jobs in West London, set out in it’s recently adopted local plan.

He joins from Homes England where he was director of strategic development and Infrastructure working across major UK regeneration schemes including Bristol Temple Meads and Silvertown Quays.

Blacker said: “Old Oak and Park Royal is currently London’s most significant major regeneration project and I’m delighted to have the opportunity to be leading the team that will deliver it. Having worked closely with OPDC during my time at Homes England, I am excited to deliver the Mayor of London’s vision for Old Oak, in partnership with national and local government, to realise the transformational change we know is possible.”

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