Rachel L.

Chartered town planner working as a Planning Inspector.

Greater Guildford Area, United Kingdom

About

Experience

  • Inspector at Planning Inspectorate
    Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • Waverley Borough Council (11 yrs 9 mos)
    • Principal Planner
      Sep 2016 - May 2023 · 6 yrs 9 mos

      - 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

    • Senior Planning Officer
      Sep 2015 - Dec 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Responsible for complex and significant applications, appeals and provision of pre application advice.

    • Planning Officer
      Sep 2012 - Sep 2015 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Handling own caseload involving mixture of residential and commercial applications and providing pre application advice.

  • Analyst at Dialogue by design
    Jun 2011 - Sep 2011 · 4 mos

    Analysing data from major consultations nationwide including HS2.

  • Student at Cardiff University
    Sep 2007 - Jun 2011 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    BSc City and Regional Planning (including sandwich placement)

  • Year Out Student Planner (Planning Policy) at Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
    Aug 2009 - Jul 2010 · 1 yr

    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.