Peter is also Professor of Sustainable Spatial Development at the Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds and advises Addleshaw Goddard on sustainable communities, regeneration, planning and environmental management.

He is currently Vice-President of the Town and Country Planning Association, Hon. Vice-Chair of the Regional Studies Association, Chair of the Best Practice Committee of the British Urban Regeneration Association, Chair of the Planning Exchange Foundation and an adviser to the Local Government Association.

Peter was awarded the OBE for services to planning and regeneration. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences.