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Day to day tasks may include:

• Provide timely, clear and effective professional advice to the public, councillors and colleagues on a range of planning matters, which may include Minerals and Waste policy, development management matters and the processes involved in consenting and delivering NSIPs;
• Assist with the County Council’s required inputs at various stages of the delivery of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects including technical and professional input, including instructing legal representatives;
• Work with and support other planning staff involved in programming NSIPs and providing technical input;
• Attend inquiries and examinations in public to represent the county council on its position;
• Providing professional planning advice and support for corporate development projects and other initiatives.
• Monitoring and keeping under review the Minerals and Waste Local Plan.

• Formulating responses to Local and Neighbourhood Plans and major planning applications, including NSIPs

• Assisting with the alignment of delivery of infrastructure through Local Plans, the Community Infrastructure Levy and section 106

• Provide the strategic planning input to the preparation of Local Plans (and other associated documents) by the District/Borough/Parish Councils in a manner which reflects the corporate priorities of the Council.

• Attend local plan examinations and planning inquiries.

• Managing a caseload of planning applications, preparing reports for, and attendance at, Development and Regulatory Committee

• Mentoring members of the Team in matters related to their professional development

Specialist knowledge skills and experience

Essential
11. Advanced knowledge of planning law and policy and detailed knowledge of the operation of the systems governing Community Infrastructure Levy and planning obligations.

12. Intermediate knowledge of computer spreadsheets, databases and other software.

13. Negotiation skills and knowledge of the economics of the development process.

14. Experience of the planning process such as analysing reports or data associated with planning applications, policy formulation and implementation.

15. Experience of working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders to develop shared solutions to complex problems.

Desirable

16. Understanding of transport planning and the interaction of transport/highways legislation with planning processes.

17. Direct experience of planning policy formulation.

18. Direct experience of County Matters (Minerals and Waste Planning)

19. Experience of setting out and negotiating development contributions with developers and the local planning authority.

20. Experience of programming or setting a strategy for delivery over more than a year.

21. Experience of working effectively in a political environment and presenting reports to Committee.

22. Operation of Geographic Information Systems.

23. Mentoring/training junior team members.

If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this role, even if you don’t meet all the criteria, please apply. We’d appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.

Travel requirements

• Frequent Travel Essential - We positively encourage the use of technology to communicate and engage, but in this role, you will need to travel, so you must either hold a full and current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means