As a Director at Hansen Partnership, Sandra is a Town Planner with over 25 years of experience in statutory and strategic planning, across both the private and local government sectors in Melbourne and throughout Victoria.

Sandra’s experience encompasses all elements of the development approvals process from initial site choice, to a collaborative design process and finally navigating the statutory process to gain planning approval.

She regularly gives planning evidence at VCAT and enjoys the challenge of presenting and participating in a range of public forums including community consultations, stakeholder and council meetings.

Whilst focussed on statutory planning in recent years, Sandra’s experience extends to strategic planning projects, including built form reviews, urban character studies, structure plans and urban design framework plans. Her responsibilities in these projects include the coordination and conduct of community consultation programs and writing planning policies and controls.

Outside project work, Sandra is a strong supporter of women in the property industry with a particular focus on the professional development and mentoring of young planners. As the only female director for many years, Sandra has always been passionate about mentoring female staff, fostering their career development and opportunities to encourage the next generation of female directors