Principle Planning Officer

3 weeks ago


Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Eden Brown Full time

The purpose of the role, in combination with the rest of the DM planning officer team, is to provide a Development Management Service that is efficient, effective, meets and exceeds performance targets and provides high quality output. A service is delivered which is responsive to customer needs and works in a way that is proactive and seeks to improve, wherever there are opportunities to do so.

In the DM planning officer team, Principal Planning Officers are one of the more senior roles. Post holders are responsible for more complex work, for proactively managing work, to actively add value to development schemes, to exemplify place making and for seeking to identify solutions to problems that may arise during the course of the delivery of the service. Principal Planning Officers play a key role, as part of the team, in supporting the delivery of significant new development sites in the District.

**_Operational Responsibilities_**

Principal Planning Officers proactively manage their case load, project managing and being responsible for all stages from initial assessment, through to committee reporting, legal agreements, conditions and appeals. Principal Officers will be expected to present their case work to decision making committees and in other public fora. They will identify the resources required to deliver their caseload and will work proactively to identify solutions to issues that arise.

Principal Planning Officers are to proactively keep abreast of case law, national and local policies and community needs to ensure that the planning process can deliver the appropriate outputs and outcomes.

Principal Planning Officers will generally deal with appeals that are to be determined through the hearing and public inquiry processes, but can be assigned to cases delivered through all routes.

Principal Planning Officers are responsible for ensuring proactive delivery of high quality outcomes, looking to achieve improvement in planning and development schemes where appropriate and the delivery of cases in accordance with established performance management indicators. They are required to undertake all tasks appropriate to the senior level of the role to ensure the delivery of the service. There will be opportunities to, and Officers may request or be required, to input into project work outside of the delivery of the development management service, either through service improvement projects or into corporate project work.

Principal Planning Officers will be expected to display and demonstrate the council's values and behaviours, looking to support, assist and improve the delivery of the service to customers.

Whilst assigned to the development management service, Principal Planning Officers can request and may be required to input into, support and deliver the work of the planning policy service.

Principal Planning Officers will be expected to make any needed changes to overcome any factor that puts a disabled employee or applicant at a disadvantage.

**_Management /Supervisory Responsibilities_**

Principal Planning Officers are expected to provide guidance, training, support, provide mentoring and assist with problem solving for Planning and Assistant Planning Officers.

Principal Planning Officers will be responsible for the procurement and management of the output of the work of external consultants including expert advice, in accordance with the Councils procedures.

**_Contacts_**

Principal Planning Officers come into contact with a wide range of customers. They are expected to display and demonstrate the values and behaviours of the Council in all contacts, to ensure the delivery of a high quality and respected service. Contacts should be dealt with proactively, seeking to maximise the benefits that can be delivered by the service in co-operation with customers.

Contacts will include applicants, third parties affected by development, community, residents and special interest groups, statutory and non-statutory bodies, MPs, other public service providers including HCC, council members including Executive Members, other elected representatives, developer interests, service and infrastructure delivery providers, internal customers including colleagues throughout the council, service managers, directors, other senior managers, chief executive as well as significant developers.

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.


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