Stephen Hunt

Director of Planning , East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Stephen graduated with a Masters in Town Planning from the University of Sheffield. He has spent the last 25 years working in the public sector for East Riding Yorkshire Council, initially in Planning Policy, before becoming the Director of Planning in 2015. Stephen led the preparation of the award-winning East Riding Local Plan (2016), which establishes an ambitious growth agenda across a large rural authority. The authority is one of the largest and busiest planning departments in the country.