A FORMER Herefordshire pupil has received an OBE from the Queen.

Roisin Wìllmott went to Buckingham Palace this month to receive her award in recognition for her services to the planning profession in Wales.

She went to school at Broadlands Primary School and Hereford Cathedral School.

Dr Willmott, who was elected as a Fellow of the Institute in 2016 is the RTPI Director of Cymru (Wales) and Northern Ireland, a post she has held for nearly 10 years.

She has made a profound contribution to the development of Welsh national planning policy through successive roles and transformed the profile of the planning profession and the Institute in Wales.