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Careers Advice: How to develop your leadership skills
- 5 Mar 2018
Developing your leadership skills can be crucial in helping drive your career forward, says Jason Moore.
Careers Advice: Understanding the role of Planning Performance Agreements in the application process
- 26 Feb 2018
Well-drafted and succinct planning performance agreements are an important part of understanding roles in processing planning applications, says Mike Kiely, but are only part of a good pre-application process.
Careers Advice: Improving awareness of design and architecture
- 26 Feb 2018
Peter Murray outlines ways in which planners can improve their knowledge and awareness of architectural and design issues.
Careers Advice: Mastering joint working on local plans
- 12 Feb 2018
Experience from the Greater Nottingham authorities preparing aligned local plans could be relevant for others considering joint plan-making, says Matt Gregory.
Careers Advice: Working to support the development of Garden Cities and New Settlements
- 5 Feb 2018
Stephen Hill outlines how planners can bring a range of skills and activities to helping to deliver major residential-led schemes such as garden settlements.
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Careers Advice: Grasping the nettle of Habitat Regulations Assessment
- 29 Jan 2018
Dr James Riley outlines the main features of carrying out Habitat Regulations Regulations assessments.
Careers Advice: The skills and benefits of working in planning enforcement
- 22 Jan 2018
Enforcement officers require a unique set of skills and an ability to empathise with people, says David Lomas.
Careers Advice: How can planners effectively carry out an assessment of the green belt?
- 15 Jan 2018
Sarah Grady and Jane Healey-Brown outline how planners can effectively undertake green belt assessments.
Wonderful Workplaces: Opportunity beckons at Turley in Reading
- 9 Jan 2018
Insider insight into what it’s like to work at Turley in Reading and the leadership role it’s recruiting for.
Careers Advice: Learning the social aspects of planning through working on neighbourhood plans
- 18 Dec 2017
Working in neighbourhood planning can help develop new skills and a better understanding of what makes communities tick, says Chris Bowden
How to tailor your CV for a planning director role
- 14 Dec 2017
Top tips from Laura Sullivan at TopCV to help you adapt your CV for a planning director role.
Careers Advice: Tips for local authority planners navigating a neighbourhood plan examination
- 11 Dec 2017
For local authority policy planners, it is almost inevitable that a neighbourhood plan examination will have to be navigated at some point, says Lee Armitage.
Careers Advice: Strategic redeployment, vulnerability diagnosis and career development
- 4 Dec 2017
In his second article on careers and resilience planning, Steve Ottewell says strategic redeployment of resources and vulnerability diagnosis for services can work alongside career progression for planners.
Careers Advice: Working in consultancy support services to enhance career progression
- 24 Nov 2017
Steve Ottewell outlines how planning ‘resilience’ arrangements can be good for both careers and service sustainability
Careers Advice: Planning how organisational structure can aid recruitment and retention
- 20 Nov 2017
The establishment of arm's length companies can help managers with the challenge of recruiting and retaining planners, says Pat Hayes.
Careers Advice: Effective career planning for planners
- 13 Nov 2017
Effective career planning can mean having a flexible approach to keep options open, says Jason Moore.
Careers Advice: The secret to a better work-life balance
- 6 Nov 2017
Planners should work to live, not live to work in order to achieve a better work-life balance, says Jeremy Money
Careers Advice: Progressing your career in the consultancy sector
- 30 Oct 2017
Charlie Mayer, Sophie Long and Jane Healey Brown outline key tips to help planners in the consultancy sector progress their careers
Careers Advice: Design and influence - getting your point across
- 23 Oct 2017
Chris Kennett outlines some approaches to promote a more effective approach to incorporating good design into development schemes.
What is it like to work at...Horsham District Council?
- 18 Oct 2017
Want to work in a dynamic environment, pushing boundaries to be the best? Find out about working for Horsham District Council.