Planning Policy Team Leader

4 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Carrington West Full time
Planning Policy Team Leader

Carrington West is assisting a local authority client in the Home Counties in the search for a Planning Policy Team Leader to join their Town Planning department on a 6-month rolling contract.

The main purpose of the role is to play a leading role in managing and supervising a team of planning policy staff through the local plan process and the creation of future policy documents, guidance notes, and SPDs. Key responsibilities include overseeing officers and external consultants to deliver on policy programs, maintaining relationships with key stakeholders to ensure 'duty to cooperate,' and allocating and delegating work streams to members of the policy team.

The post holder will be required to deal with a wide range of complex technical work to support the preparation of a new Local Plan, as well as shaping and participating effectively in public consultation on emerging policy documents.

Key Responsibilities:
  1. To contribute to the delivery of an efficient and effective Planning Strategy Team for the council, including engagement with developers and other key bodies in the delivery of quality developments and a robust planning policy framework.
  2. To manage a team of policy staff to produce the Local Plans and other planning documentation from inception through to public inquiry and examination.
  3. To provide creativity, knowledge, and guidance in relation to all types of Policy Planning tasks as necessary, in particular the most complex Policy Planning tasks including the creation of sound planning policy, presenting at Local Plan public examinations, and appeal work including leading on policy input at public inquiries.
  4. To project manage and/or procure technical work to provide a robust evidence base on a wide range of policy planning matters.
  5. To manage the activities and performance of a variety of other staff and external consultants as required.
  6. To work with the Planning Strategy Manager to provide service input into all relevant committee processes, from a team perspective, in conjunction with Democratic Services.

Carrington West offers flexible working arrangements with home working provided. The council is looking for candidates who will be able to hit the ground running. The pay rate is up to £72 per hour (DOE).



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