Development Management Team Lead – Planning Services

Park Avenue Recruitment; England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Park Avenue Recruitment is assisting a Gloucestershire Local Authority to appoint an experienced Development Management Team Manager / Team Leader. The role provides leadership, coaching and operational oversight during a period of transition, with a hybrid working pattern requiring two days per week on-site.

The post demands extensive Development Management experience, supervision of planning officers, and ability to manage workloads and performance.

Qualifications

• Extensive Local Authority Development Management experience.
• Proven experience managing planning officers.
• Experience conducting performance reviews and overseeing workloads.
• Ability to attend the office two days per week and support Planning Committee requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible, supportive day-to-day leadership to the Development Management team.
• Hold regular one-to-ones, caseload reviews and performance discussions with officers.
• Support team members in managing workloads, priorities and application timescales.
• Monitor team capacity, performance and operational pressures, escalating issues where necessary.
• Provide professional guidance on complex, high-risk planning applications.
• Act as an escalation point for officers on challenging cases.
• Support the Head of Planning Services with staffing, performance and operational matters.
• Attend Planning Committee meetings, site inspection briefings and other key meetings as required.
• Drive service delivery and maintain performance across the team.

Skills

Leadership

Performance reviews

Mentoring

Workload management

Stakeholder management

Planning oversight

Job description

Park Avenue Recruitment is assisting a Gloucestershire Local Authority to appoint an experienced Development Management Team Manager / Team Leader. The role provides leadership, coaching and operational oversight during a period of transition, with a hybrid working pattern requiring two days per week on-site.

The post demands extensive Development Management experience, supervision of planning officers, and ability to manage workloads and performance.