Steve joined Hargreaves Land as Strategic Land Director in 2024 following the acquisition of Ptarmigan Land North, which he established as Managing Director in 2022 as part of the wider Ptarmigan Group.

Steve joined the LPDF’s Policy & Technical Committee in 2025.

Steve is a chartered member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI) with 25 years’ private sector experience in land acquisition, planning promotion and land sales throughout the north of England.

Steve started his career as a planning consultant at GVA Grimley before moving to Commercial Estates Group (CEG), a major national strategic land promoter, at which he successfully led on several high-profile projects of varying scale, location and complexity over 14 years.

In his spare time, Steve enjoys watching football and walking the fells in the Lake District

Richard is Policy and Promotions Manager at Gladman, having joined as a Graduate Policy Planner in October 2016.

He is experienced in site promotion of all scales through the development plan process, having been involved in a number of Local Plan Examinations across the country.

Richard is a chartered Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute.

Samantha is Planning Manager for Lovell Strategic Land. Lovell, are part of the Morgan Sindall Group.  Samantha has over 13 years’ experience working in planning and development. 

Samantha has worked on all sides of planning and development, starting out in Local Authorities as a policy planner before moving to a housing association, major landowner and now working with Lovell, an active house-builder. Samantha believes everyone deserves a home, and growing up as the eldest of three girls, who all shared one room, Samantha knows what its like to crave private, personal space.

Samantha holds both a Masters (MSc Hons) in Urban Planning and BSc (Hons) in Sociology & Social Policy. Samantha is a chartered member of Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI).

Samantha also proudly holds a full, unrestricted UK motorbike license and rides a red z650!

Kari Burton joined Mac Mic Group in the spring of 2023 and is based in the London office. She is both a Chartered Surveyor MRICS and Chartered Town Planner MRTPI.

Kari leads the company’s South East planning operations. She is responsible for managing the land portfolio through the planning system, from local plan promotion, to a successful planning approval for the housebuilder market.

Kari is delighted to sit on the LPDF Planning and Technical Committee, she enjoys staying up to speed on planning policy and consultations during a time of exciting change in the development industry.  

Nick Graham is an Associate Planning Director at Peel Land. He has been a planner in the north of England for over 16 years, with experience working for planning consultancies, land promoters and developers. He is involved in a range of strategic residential, commercial and leisure projects, including several projects for major urban extensions or 'garden villages'.

Dan is a Planning Director at Rosconn Stratgeic Land, having joined in September 2016 after 12 years at planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore. He has over 20 years planning experience in both the private and public sectors, having worked on a wide range of projects across the country including complex urban regeneration schemes and large scale urban extensions.

Dan leads on all planning related matters, managing Rosconn’s strategic land portfolio through from initial site identification to securing planning permission.

Dan is a Chartered Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute.

Richard is the Group Planning Director at Richborough, one of the UK’s leading land promotion businesses.  He oversees the strategic planning function across all Divisions, advises the Board on all planning-related matters and leads on planning strategy for sites in the Central Region. He has over 20 years’ experience in planning consultancy and land promotion across a broad range of residential and commercial sites, appearing as an expert witness on planning matters at numerous Public Inquiries”.

David joined Catesby Estates in January 2013 as Planning Director having worked in house building, planning consultancy and property development, across a broad range of mixed use projects throughout the UK. 

He became Planning and Operations Director in May 2020, and also sits on the Urban&Civic Executive Management Committee and Senior Strategy Group as part of his role within the parent company and wider group activities

David leads the internal planning department and brings a commercial focus to the team which has responsibility for project managing sites throughout the planning process, from initial site appraisal through to the grant of planning permission.

David started his career as Land and Planning Manager at Cala Homes and has previously worked as a Planning Consultant for CBRE in London. Prior to his move to Catesby Estates he was Head of Town Planning for Morston Assets Ltd.

David is Chairman of the Policy and Technical Committee, a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI),  Home Builders Federation National Planning Committee and the Land Promoters and Developers Federation (LPDF) Technical and Policy Committee.

Rob joined Pigeon in 2015, having previously worked for property developer Morston Assets, managing all aspects of Town Planning across a nation-wide portfolio of mixed-use development sites. He started his career as a Planning Consultant for Bidwells in 2004, advising landowners and developers across the Eastern Region.

He is a Director in Pigeon’s Planning & Design Department, responsible for the Planning Team and the provision of planning services for all departments within Pigeon. Rob manages all planning matters relating to the delivery of a portfolio of projects through to the point of disposal or build, ensuring that all members of the Planning Team have the same broad responsibilities regarding their portfolios.

Rob is an experienced development professional with over 20 years’ experience and has been a Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute since 2005 and is a member of the Land Promoters and Developers Federation (LPDF) Technical and Policy Committee.

Andrew is Group Planning Director at Vistry and leads the company’s planning function. Vistry develops private, affordable and privately rented homes through partnerships with landowners, registered providers, institutional investors and local authorities, with a focus on urban regeneration schemes and delivering landscape led developments and new settlements.

Before joining Vistry, Andrew was Head of Planning for a developer in the Eastern Counties and prior to that spent over 18 years in planning authorities in the south east of England. He has experience of both urban and rural planning from small scale exception needs housing to master planning new settlements, major town centre redevelopments and international airport expansion.

Andrew chaired the Royal Town Planning Institute Board of Trustees for 4 years to December 2016 and took on the role of Hon. Treasurer in January 2017, continuing as a Trustee and on the RTPI’s General Assembly.

Andrew is a member of the Women in Planning Advisory board and Chair of the National Planning Forum’s Management Committee, championing planning and inspiring all those involved in the planning process and in delivering the new planning agenda.

Martyn joined Carden Group in June 2022 having spent 17 years at Gladman, one of the country’s largest and most successful land promotion companies. He spent 3 years as joint Managing Director.

Martyn is a chartered town planner with over 30 years’ professional experience. He has an enviable track record in securing planning permission and allocations for major housing schemes.

Few in the industry have Martyn’s ability to provide sensible and pragmatic planning advice and strategies to navigate complex sites through the challenging planning system.