Job Title - Senior Planning Officer
Job Overview:
- Demonstrable understanding of UK town planning procedures, providing a solid foundation for effective decision-making.
- Proven experience in planning policy work, showcasing your ability to navigate complex challenges.
- Experience in public participation/engagement, fostering collaborative relationships within the community.
- Chartered membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute, reflecting your commitment to professional excellence.
Main Purpose of Job:
- Carry out monitoring functions for the Planning Service and produce reports analysing the results, including monitoring the Local Plan.
- Provide good quality and up to date advice on planning policy issues.
- Undertake research in connection with planning policy.
- Assist in the preparation of local development plan policy, supplementary planning documents and other local development documents
Key Responsibilities:
- Undertake planning monitoring and produce reports, including the Authority Monitoring Report, Annual Infrastructure Funding Statement and five year housing land supply statement on a regular basis.
- Carry out research and analysis and provide relevant information to customers.
- Prepare reports and draft policies in an effective and efficient manner.
- Keep up to date in terms of national and local planning legislation, policy and guidance.
- Provide policy advice and information to site promoters and developers, and the general public in an efficient and effective manner.
- To consider, analyse and formulate conclusions on responses to planning policy consultations.
- Manage and prioritise own work-load in order to meet deadlines.
- Keep records of own work activities in a systematic manner in order to set targets and monitor achievements.
- Carry out site visits and attend meetings associated with planning policy and future development issues.
- Provide comprehensive planning policy advice to development management officers, officers in other departments and council members.
- Produce evidence to support planning policy formation.
- Providing guidance and support for communities considering or preparing neighbourhood plans.
- Provide guidance to junior members of the team in the progression of their functions.
- Through use of GIS system, create policies maps to support development plan documents, including the Local Plan, and other maps required for development strategy purposes.