Stephen is a Past President of POS, widely experienced in planning and regeneration having worked in senior positions, including Director level, in local authorities across the country, including London. In 2014 he established Stephen Tapper (Planning) Ltd, undertaking a range of work, including delivery of an urban extension of circa 3,000 homes, a town centre policy framework, two town centre redevelopment sites, transport planning and parking standards. For POS Enterprises he has developed one day workshops on neighbourhood planning, which are bespoke to the client local authority; he has reviewed neighbourhood plans; and he leads the POS Enterprises neighbourhood planning group.