Principal Planning Officer - National Infrastructure

I am working with an East of England-based Local Authority who require a Principal Planning Officer to work on National Infrastructure.

This Council are seeking a highly experienced Principal Planner to join their team on a temporary basis and support a Project Manager and Planning Technician to help deliver high quality and well-designed significant and large scale Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) within their county and surrounding.

To be successful in this role you must have a breadth of planning experience and be highly organised with excellent negotiation skills and previous experience of dealing with developers, agents and consultants on large scale proposals and projects, you must also have a keen interest in delivering sustainable development and creating a long-term legacy, social value and community benefits from NSIPs and major schemes for the local and wider community.

Accountabilities

Responsible for leading the engagement to produce the Council's corporate response to the Development Consent Order stage to National Significant Infrastructure Projects across a wide variety of infrastructure proposals.

Responsible for maximising the Council's influence to shape and secure developer infrastructure contributions for strategic and complex Development Consent Orders; working closely with Senior Leadership Team, affected Local Planning Authorities and outside agencies to align positions when negotiating with developers/applicants.

Responsible for the technical/professional analysis, negotiation and assessment of the most complex/controversial development proposals offering professional advice and recommendations to ensure sound evidence-based recommendations/decisions are made.

Act as a representative on relevant financial/infrastructure matters to lead negotiations on the most complex DCO proposals applications to support strategic planning proposal by developers, scheme promoters and their consultants.

Responsible for producing briefing notes, reports and recommendations for Cabinet, senior leaders within the Council, and implementing the resolutions and decisions.

Work collaboratively with key stakeholders to progress planning control matters and advising on planning issues to ensure that DCO's are fully appraised and evaluated.

Responsible for co-ordinating and giving evidence at public inquiries, examinations in public and in court in order to defend the Council's planning decisions as may be required.

Responsible for leading on key elements of planning projects and/or for the delivery of specific outcomes using project/programme management methodologies in order to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.

Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

The Experience You Will Bring

Candidates must be MRTPI qualified.

Knowledge of NSIPs and DCOs would be highly advantageous.

Strong negotiation skills coupled with excellent stake holder management experience



Could you be considered for this?



If so, please call me on 07763 200416 to discuss this further or email your latest CV to billy@park-avenue.co.uk to be put forward.



Please note: Not all roles are advertised. I am working with Numerous Local Authorities across the East of England who require contractors from entry-level to Directors to join their Development Management, Planning Enforcement & Policy Teams. I would be more than happy to have a conversation about additional roles which may suit your experience.