Development Management Area Team Leader
Development Management Area Team Leader needed in Bromley Paying £42.46 per hr ref OR112375
Full time hours on a temporary basis
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a caseload of complex and major planning applications, assessing proposals against planning legislation, policy, and development frameworks.
- Prepare reports and recommendations for planning applications and exercise delegated decision-making authority where appropriate.
- Negotiate with developers, consultants, applicants, and key stakeholders to achieve positive planning outcomes.
- Conduct site visits and represent the organisation at planning committees, appeals, hearings, inquiries, and public meetings.
- Provide day-to-day leadership, guidance, and support to Planning Officers within the Development Management team.
- Allocate workloads, monitor performance, and ensure statutory deadlines and service objectives are achieved.
- Support staff recruitment, training, mentoring, and professional development.
- Assist senior managers in delivering an efficient, high-quality, customer-focused planning service.
- Monitor performance, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and contribute to service planning.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with developers, consultees, community groups, and internal stakeholders.
- Provide expert planning advice on complex applications, enquiries, complaints, and contentious cases.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of planning legislation, policy, and best practice, ensuring decisions are robust and defensible.
- Ensure compliance with governance requirements, health and safety, equality legislation, and data protection standards.
If you are interested in the role, please email your CV to [email protected] quoting the reference number.
Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please be prepared
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