Greater Guildford Area, United Kingdom
- Lead on complex and high profile planning applications (including strategic sites and new garden village). - Prepare reports in order to present major planning applications to committee meetings. - Represent the Council as professional witness at public inquiries, hearings for major and other applications - Project manage major and complex applications - Make delegated decisions on planning applications on behalf of the Council - Line manage other officers including annual appraisal, providing professional and technical advice and performance management. - Act as a deputy to the Area Team Leader - Take the lead on the provision of paid pre application advice to developers on major and other complex applications
Responsible for complex and significant applications, appeals and provision of pre application advice.
Handling own caseload involving mixture of residential and commercial applications and providing pre application advice.
Analysing data from major consultations nationwide including HS2.
BSc City and Regional Planning (including sandwich placement)
Twelve month sandwich placement within planning policy team at Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. Tasks included a range of administrative duties, responding to customer enquiries, undertaking of technical work including update to the SHLAA, project managing own policy project on Community Facilities, drafting of policy for the emerging Core Strategy.