‘Frustrated’ Lord Rogers quits as Boris Johnson's design expert

Leading architect Richard Rogers today announced that he is to quit his City Hall role as design adviser to Boris Johnson as it did not give him "sufficient scope".

Lord Rogers was deputy Chair of both the Mayor's Design Advisory and Great Spaces panels and offered advice on planning applications. Both panels were chaired by Sir Simon Milton, the Mayor's chief-of-staff and deputy for policy and planning.

Mr Johnson said: "For many years now Richard has played an important role in making London a better place to live, work and visit and I know he will continue to contribute his invaluable experience to that debate."

Lord Rogers, also chief adviser on architecture and urbanism to previous mayor Ken Livingstone, steps down on 14 October.