Planning Policy Lead Officer
On-going contract Inside IR 35
Swindon
About the role
To provide senior level planning expertise to deliver the council's planning functions in a customer focused and solutions led way creating the right conditions for accelerating high-quality development and supporting sustainable growth.
To manage, develop and deliver all aspects of statutory planning policy for local Borough including planning for transformational strategic projects of a sub-regional scale, the Boroughwide Local Plan, Infrastructure delivery plans, Neighbourhood Plans, Statements of Community Involvement, Supplementary Planning Documents and a Local Development Scheme, and to lead other Corporate projects, including decision making that will impact on the built environment for decades to come.
Responsibilities
- Through the completion of your day-to-day activities, you will strive to position planning services as the 'growth engine' to unlock activity that contributes to the local economy through the delivery of new housing and strategically important economic development initiatives, including liaison with external agencies.
- Coordinate and manage external consultants, partners and expert consultees who input into the service so that each organisation or group is able to do so in the most effective and cost efficient manner and understands their roles and responsibilities.
- Develop and build progressive relationships with strategic delivery partners and local industries to achieve strategic objectives relating to place-making, and delivery of customer-focused value for money service solutions for all aspects of the service.
- Lead on analysis in relation to sub regional and local infrastructure, housing and employment land supply and requirements
- To manage and co-ordinate the preparation, monitoring and review of the Development Plan, including the delivery of a Local Plan for local Borough, infrastructure delivery plan Neighbourhood Development Plans, Minerals and Waste Plans, a Statement of Community Involvement and Supplementary Planning Guidance.
- Co-ordinate and deliver key projects required in the production of statutory planning documents for local Borough and its neighbourhoods localities including the management of staff allocated to each project.
Experience
- Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification with relevant recent experience addressing the requirements of the role. (Postgraduate MA or Diploma in Town Planning is desirable)
- Membership (or eligibility for membership) of the RTPI
If interested in the role, please contact me at or give me a call on for further information regarding the role.