Planning Development Manager

at  Gloucestershire County Council

PLANNING DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Date: 12 Apr 2024
Job Location:Gloucester

This is a Gloucester City Council job.

• Job Title: Planning Development Manager
• Job Location: Gloucester City Council
• Salary: £54,000 - £62,500 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 12/05/2024
• Job Requisition Number: 8467
• This post is not open to job share

We are a dynamic local authority providing essential services to the people of Gloucester.
Our main office, based in the Eastgate Centre on Eastgate Street in the heart of the city, is an accessible, modern and light space designed for collaborative working and finding new ways to work. It’s all open plan, with a living green wall and other plants without set desks, so you can sit next to someone new every day. We’re always looking to improve how we work and we offer flexible and agile working to give our people a great work life balance.

THE ROLE

We are seeking a Planning Manager – Development Management to lead our development management team.
This role is high profile, being a key member of the councils management team, interacting with a wide range of stakeholders across the city and beyond, and being the lead officer at planning committee.
We are looking for an experienced planner with strong interpersonal and leadership skills, and with a clear customer focus, who shares our passion for delivering the best outcomes we can for the City.
You will play a key role in the city’s continuing regeneration journey and support development across the city to deliver on the council plan. The Development Management team is key to the successful delivery of our ambition.
The role oversee’s the development management and enforcement functions of the council. The team has a great balance of experience and an approach which seeks to negotiate positive outcomes for the community and applicants.

ABOUT US, THE TEAM AND THE ROLE

Gloucester is an important small city in the SW of England with a significant regeneration and investment programme underway.
We have a clear plan for our city – to build a greener, fairer, better Gloucester. We have a positive attitude towards development and investment. We invest significantly in our own regeneration programme in the city centre and work with the development industry wherever we can to take a proactive approach to development and negotiate positive outcomes for the city.
The development management team are central to the delivery of the council’s ambitious plans.
Gloucester has a unique and rich heritage formed by historic buildings, street patterns, archaeological remains, landscape and other physical remnants of its past and this historic environment is central to Gloucester’s culture, status, and sense of place.