Land promoter trade body appoints planner as associate director

The Land Promoters and Developers Federation (LPDF), which represents its land promoter and developer members with government and industry stakeholders, has appointed a planner as its new associate director of policy and research.

Phill Bamford spent more than eight years working for land promoter Gladman Developments as a planning policy manager.

Bamford has also previously worked at numerous councils, including as a planning policy manager at Cheshire West and Chester Council, a development plan manager at Tameside Council, a planning officer at Vale Royal Borough Council, and a research assistant at Manchester City Council.