Consultant DM Manager

Tender description

3 days per week for 5 months Overall Purpose: To assist in managing the Planning function and a team of Officers in order to deliver a quality planning service, to achieve and maintain high levels of performance. To ensure that the Authority’s statutory responsibilities are carried out in accordance with Government legislation, policy, procedure and guidance and accord with National Park statutory purposes.. To ensure that the Planning service, is efficient, effective, responsive, fair, inclusive and open to examination. To assist the Planning and Heritage Manger to undertake a review of the Planning Service. Day to Day responsibilities; To assist the Planning and Heritage Manage and Principal Planning Officers (Policy and DM) to provide professional planning leadership and management of staff within the Development Management and Enforcement teams in delivering all aspects of the Authority’s planning function, with a clear emphasis on mentoring junior officers and continuous improvement, performance delivery and customer service, under the direction of the Planning and Heritage Manager. To sign off householder delegated applications and Planning Contravention Notices, to counter sign all other applications on behalf of the Authority, in accordance with the agreed Authority Scheme of Delegation. To assist the planning and Heritage Manager and the Principal Planning Officers in attending Authority meetings a including the Senior Leadership Team, Planning Access and Rights of Way Committee, Policy Forum, Audit and Scrutiny Committee meetings and National Park Authority meetings where necessary. To assist and advise officers on all forms of planning and related matters including, but not limited to, major and/or complex planning applications, minor and householder applications, fringe applications, major infrastructure applications, listed building consents, conservation consents, advertisement consents, prior notification consents, conditions monitoring and enforcement cases. To assist and advise when appropriate, EIA screening and provide EIA screening and scoping opinions formally on behalf of the Authority. To assist in Negotiating with agents, developers, internal consultees and statutory bodies in respect of all planning related work, including development plan preparation, planning applications, pre-application enquiries, the negotiation of Section 106 Agreements and providing design and sustainable development advice. To assist the Planning and Heritage Manager and Principal Planning Officer with attendance at pre-committee meetings with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the National Park Authority, Audit and Scrutiny and the Planning, Access and Rights of Way Committee and presentation of non delegated applications and other planning related matters at NPA, A&S and PAROW meetings, as well as providing professional advice to Members at PAROW meetings and associated PAROW Committee site visits. Assist and advise with Dealing with preliminary and formal pre-application enquiries in respect of major developments within the National Park and major developments on the fringes of the National Park. Providing guidance and advice to members of the public on planning matters and attendance at planning surgeries. To assist and advise on all types of planning Appeals and Examinations in Public,, including the production of statements, statements of common ground and proof of evidence and appear as expert witness on behalf of the National Park Authority and to support the planning team members through appeal hearings, examinations and inquiries. To respond if necessary to formal complaints about the Planning Service on behalf of the Authority in line with the Authority’s procedures and Ombudsman inquiries under the direction of the Planning and Heritage Manager. To assist with representing the Authority at Welsh Government meetings, the Planning Officer Society for Wales meetings, Three Parks meetings, Regional