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Job introduction

Brighton & Hove is a great place to live, work and develop your career in town planning. We are one of the busiest unitary planning services and this role will be central to managing exciting major regeneration projects, delivering an ambitious investment programme in council housing, protecting our historic heritage and providing quality services to our citizens and local businesses.

We are seeking an experienced, qualified Planning Manager to lead one of our two established Development Management teams in the Planning Service.  You will lead a team determining over 1700 applications annually and handling a portfolio of around 20 major developments transforming the shape and look of our city. You will support your team as they continue their journey to transform service delivery and provide a customer focused, responsive, modern service.

About the role

Join us in beautiful Brighton and Hove – a great place to develop your career in town planning

Beautiful Brighton and Hove is a city by the sea, with an enviable collection of iconic and historic buildings, which also embraces the new.  The city is dynamic, energetic, a cultural centre and innovative - with a progressive and ambitious strategy for change. In the Planning Service we are investing in our staff and developing a modern, positive and customer-focused Planning Service.  We are seeking an experienced, qualified Planning Manager to lead one of our two established Development Management teams.

You will be responsible for all applications coming forward in half of the city and lead our planning enforcement work. You will be part of the senior leadership team for the service and participate in the wider development and shaping of the whole service going forward.  You will lead a team of up to twelve professional officers dealing with up to 1700 applications per year a portfolio of around 20 major developments transforming the shape and look of our city. You will proactively facilitate the delivery of development the city needs through active management of major projects and caseloads, from pre-application to completion – using Planning Performance Agreements and a project management regime. There is a pipeline of important schemes coming forward in the city including Brighton Marina, Seafront proposals, the Gasworks, the hospital sites and a number of council-led housing projects.

To succeed in this role, you will be an experienced, positive and pro-active town planner with a track record in delivering major regeneration schemes. You will be an accomplished manager able to demonstrate effective people-management skills, be politically aware, collaborative and be able to deliver change at pace. Based at our modern offices in Hove, , we also provide the successful applicant with  flexible working, pay professional fees, relocation and subsidised use of council leisure facilities.

This role is politically restricted.  For further information on what this means for employees in post, please see the document attachment below.

For an informal discussion, please contact Liz Hobden - Head of Planning on 01273 292504.

We highly recommend you read the guidance on how to ‘Maximise your chances’ below before you apply for this job. It is important you are able to show how you meet the essential criteria within the Person Specification when applying. Not following this guidance is likely to reduce your chances of success.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.

Work Permits: we may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Points-based Immigration System.

From 6 April 2011 the Home Office has placed a permanent restriction on the number of migrant workers that all Tier 2 (General) Sponsors can recruit. Due to the restrictions we cannot guarantee that individuals that meet the requirements of the Points-based Immigration System will be issued with clearance to obtain work permits.

Company information

We welcome applications from all sections of the community but particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, LGB, female or trans as these groups are currently under-represented in our Directorate workforce.

As part of Brighton & Hove City Council's ongoing commitment to redeployment, please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any stage of the recruitment process, without prior notice if a suitable redeployee (internal employee at risk of redundancy) is identified.

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• Planning Manager
• Applicant Letter
• Maximise Your Chances
• Our Values
• Politically Restricted Posts