George Pepler

Sir George Lionel Pepler (24 February 1882 – 13 April 1959) was a British town planner who was influential in the development of town planning practice in the first half of the twentieth century.

Life and career George Pepler was born 24 February 1882 in Croydon, Surrey, and was educated at Bootham School, York, and The Leys School, Cambridge.

He trained as a surveyor, but became interested in development and town planning issues, and established a practice with Ernest G. Allen. From 1908, they were among the first to specialise in laying out new villages and housing estates for landowners.

Pepler was largely responsible for preparing the Town and Country Planning Act 1947, which gave a leading role to town planning within central and local government, and enshrined the concept of the green belt. He later took on planning consultancy roles in Renfrewshire, and between 1950 and 1954 for the Government of Singapore.