Lead and manage the work, resources and budget of the Planning Policy Team including the Local Plan budget.
Responsible for ensuring delivery of all statutory work of the team, including the Local Plan and other planning documents, annual monitoring, returns to Government, input into planning application decisions and appeals and other statutory policy work e.g habitat regulations nutrient neutrality and Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG).
Be aware of and make constructive use of new technology solutions for plan making and other policy work.
lead and manage a team of around 8 people.
manage both Planning Policy Team and Local Plan budgets.

Specialist qualifications and experience in Town Planning and chartered membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute.
Extensive experience of leading a team of planning professionals.
Extensive experience of leading on Local Plan preparation and examination, acting as an expert witness and senior planning expert at public examination, planning inquiries and to committees.
Ability to plan and manage highly complex, statutory and technical planning policy workload and adapt to changing circumstances and use of technology.
Personal qualities, knowledge, skills experience and attributes as set out in the general job role profile and Planning Policy Manager specific addendum.

Starting salary for this role is £62,112 (pro rata for part-time colleagues)
a permanent position, and
an interim appointment (approximately 4 months from August 2026)

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