Head of Planning and Enforcement

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About The Role

Role: Head of Planning and Enforcement
Location: Chorley
Contract: Full time (36.25 hours per week) / Permanent
Salary: £68,482 plus competitive benefits
Closing Date: 3 November 2024*

Are you a positive and proactive leader ready to make a lasting impact on planning and enforcement? An experienced and chartered planner, you'll have a strong technical background with a solid understanding of development management, planning enforcement and compliance.

You will embrace the opportunity to lead a licensing team with public safety at the forefront of their operations, and you will also play a leading role in delivery a Building Control function shared with South Ribble Borough Council.

As the Chief Planner and a member of our Senior leadership team, you will be at the forefront of working across the Council to deliver well-managed statutory functions with positive outcomes for our communities.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join us in the varied and exciting role. If you're looking for the next step in your career, or a brand new challenge; then this could be the role for you.

What you'll be getting up to

• You'll be part of our Senior Leadership Team, providing leadership across the organisation.
• You will ensure that the councils' meet their statutory obligations in relation to development management, building control, planning compliance and licensing.
• You will manage the councils' planning obligations team working to link developer contributions efficiently with investment in infrastructure to deliver timely community benefits.
• You will make close links with other services to promote a positive impression of your service areas across the borough.

Who we're looking for

• An experienced and chartered planner with experience of complex planning decisions, ideally with local government experience.
• A confident people manager with experience in planning enforcement, building control, licensing or a related field.
• Someone who can think strategically across and outside organisational boundaries.
• An individual who can use their technical knowledge to advise accurately, whilst building solid relationships quickly.

Other requirements

• This role requires some travel around our boroughs. You should have a valid driving licence or the equivalent mobility.
• This role is classified as a politically restricted post under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. As such, the successful candidate will be prohibited from engaging in certain political activities as defined by the Act.

Our Benefits

• 36 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
• Hybrid/agile working from day one
• Local Government pension
• Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments
• Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
• Volunteering days
• Free parking

Many of our colleagues work flexibly for us. We're always open to conversations around different working arrangements. If you're interested in part-time, compressed hours or any other working arrangement, please get in touch with us through the "Contact Us" form on our careers website.

*Please note, an assessment centre will be held week commencing 18 November for successful applicants.

About Us

Chorley Council is dedicated to providing first-class services and promoting the well-being of the local community. Our staff are our greatest resource, at the heart of everything we do, and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services for our residents. At Chorley Council, we're always striving to make our borough the best to live, work and visit.

Working Together

We share a number of our services with South Ribble Borough Council. This allows for improved resilience across both councils and provides numerous benefits to our operations. Whilst some staff and back-end processes are shared between the Councils, both Councils still retain sovereignty and have separate strategies and corporate plans.

Additional information

Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date.

Equal Opportunities

We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.

We're committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the "Contact Us" page on our website.

If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.