Senior Development Area Manager

Elevate Projects Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional authority is seeking an experienced Development Manager for an ongoing interim contract. The successful candidate will lead two area teams to ensure high-quality development management and effective planning decision-making. Responsibilities include managing applications, supporting performance targets, and liaising with various stakeholders to meet corporate objectives. Strong leadership and planning management experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing development teams and determining planning applications.
• Strong understanding of planning legislation and local policies.
• Proven ability to lead and achieve performance targets.

Responsibilities

• Lead area teams in determining planning applications.
• Manage development management service and support team performance.
• Advise and report to Service Manager and senior officials.

Job description

Elevate projects are working on partnership with our client, a regional authority, to appoint an experienced Development manager on an ongoing interim contract.

Responsibilities

• Act as the lead officer for two development management area teams (consisting of professional planners at principal, senior, planning officer, graduate and apprenticeship grades) providing a high quality, customer focused, development management function, responsible for determining planning and relevant applications.
• Assist the Service Manager Development Management in the management of the Development Management Service and lead two of the area teams in determining planning applications including liaison within the planning service and other internal and external consultees.
• Ensure applications are professionally managed to determination from pre-application stage through to implementation and compliance in accordance with the constitution and agreed scheme of delegation.
• Lead and manage the teams to ensure the Government and local performance targets are acheived; maximise income to Development Management specifically through application fees and charges to cover the costs of the Development Management Service; deliver organisational, policy and legislative changes to the service.
• Act as the lead professional officer at the relevant Area Planning Committees to ensure that they are managed effectively and support Members to make sound planning decisions which achieve delivery of the adopted Development Plans, supplementary planning documents and other guidance and to meet corporate objectives around climate change, ecological emergency, delivery of affordable housing and quality placemaking
• Deputise for the Service Manager Development Management and Head of Planning providing them with necessary support and advice across cases and deal with chief officers, senior members and external contacts on the full range of matters relating to management issues and all types of major and complex applications.