2-month contract role with a local authority
Summary
* This is a 2-month contract role with a local authority focused on development management. The position aims to achieve quality planning decisions promptly and ensure compliance with relevant conditions. The role involves providing planning advice, managing a caseload of planning applications, including complex and major applications, and attending Planning Committees to present agenda items and represent the service.
Responsibilities
* Act as case officer on complex and controversial planning applications, including appeals.
* Project manage strategic development sites in line with legislation, policies, and guidance.
* Attend Planning Committee and other meetings as required.
* Conduct site inspections and attend site meetings, including formal Committee Site Visits.
* Allocate work according to the council’s scheme of delegation.
* Sign off decisions made by other officers within your team.
* Deputize for Development Manager/Team Leaders as needed.
* Prepare appeal statements, proofs of evidence, and statements of common ground; attend Public Inquiries and Hearings as the Authority’s Planning Witness.
Essential Experience Required
* Ability to understand and promote the Council’s vision and priorities.
* Experience in handling major development proposals and leading planning negotiations.
* Ability to lead, take ownership of tasks, and accept responsibility for outcomes.
* Effective customer care skills, including managing customer expectations.
Essential Qualification Required
* Degree, Post-Graduate, or Masters in Planning or a related subject.
* Eligible for Membership of RTPI.
Additional Information
* Hybrid working: Staff are required to be in the office one day a week and conduct their own site visits.
* location: East Team (Scarborough and Malton)
The role closes soon, apply ASAP.