Job Description
Interim Head of Development and Planning
Based in London, hybrid working
Length: 6 months
We are working with a London Local Authority who are looking to appoint an interim Head of Development & Planning. The successful candidate will need to have experience working at head of service level in a planning role and have significant experience in successfully assessing and advising on planning applications.
Key Responsibilities and Skills of the interim Head of Development and Planning:
* Manage the Council’s statutory services of Building Control; Development Management, Planning Enforcement, Planning Admin and Planning Land Charges
* Act as the Council’s Chief Planning Officer in all Development Management matters
* Ensure that the Council’s Planning Committee(s) operates in a professional manner and to provide mandatory planning training for Councillors
* Lead the Development Management Service (DM) to make a significant contribution to the regeneration of the borough through the innovative and practical development of proposals for planning permission
* Be responsible for engaging and negotiating with developers on the most strategic and controversial applications for planning permission, including planning obligations
* Ensure that building projects within the Borough are constructed to comply with the performance standards of the Building Regulations
* Ensure that the Council is advised of new and emerging legislation, such as the Fire Safety Act and the Planning White Paper
* Membership of RTPI