Anna Woodward

Anna Woodward is a chartered Senior Planner with over 8 years’ experience. She recently joined DWD, having previously worked in both the public and private sectors.

Anna has worked across a wide range of industries including railway, road, and utilities infrastructure, solar energy, commercial, residential, and mixed-use planning both in UK and in New Zealand. She has experience preparing, managing and processing a range of planning applications as well as providing general planning advice to clients and project teams. Anna has represented clients and Councils at consultations, hearings and public examinations.

Anna holds an honours degree in Planning from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She worked as an Environmental Planner in New Zealand from 2014, where she practiced both in the public and private sector, before moving to the UK in 2017.

At DWD Anna specialises in renewable energy schemes and is part of a team working on a large number of major solar projects. Prior to joining DWD, Anna was working for the Government-owned company, Network Rail. Through this experience, she has gained a strong understanding of the mechanics of projects as she was integrated with project teams within the business. She also gained knowledge about the way that public projects are funded.