Our Board, supported by the Technical & Policy Committee, looks to influence emerging policies and represent member views at both the local and national level
Stuart Field
Associate Planning Director
Catesby Estates
Stuart Field
Stuart is an Associate Planning Director at Catesby Estates, having joined in 2024, following the acquisition of L&Q Estates.
Stuart has nearly 20 years’ experience working previously in both the public and private sector, but more recently as Associate Planning Director with L&Q Estates for the past 7 years. Stuart gained 9 years’ experience working for two national planning consultancies and before that in Local Government.
He is experienced in the promotion and submission of strategic sites through the planning process and works on a wide range of projects right through from land promotion to inception, which has included work on greenfield and previously developed sites ranging from 50 to 3000 homes with supporting infrastructure.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Spatial Planning and is a Chartered Member of the of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
David Morris
Planning and Operations Director
Catesby Estates Plc
David Morris
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.