Planning Officer – Housing - Stockport

£20 per hour

Contract – Full Time

Main Purpose of the Job

To provide technical and professional information, support, advice and recommendations in respect of the development management functions

Key Responsibilities

• Summary of responsibilities and key job activities:
• Manage and prioritise a development management caseload of correspondence, applications, appeals and pre-application enquiries in accordance with national and local performance targets
• Undertake and verify the technical processing of development applications in accordance with legislative requirements, policy and procedures.
• Ensure all consultations, advertisements and notifications (statutory and non-statutory) are carried out in respect of development applications.
• Ensure all relevant information is sought, obtained, recorded, analysed and considered as part of the determination of development applications.
• Ensure that all relevant information received is correctly recorded into the planning data base and made public where appropriate in accordance with the statutory duty, policies and procedures.
• Examine and assess development applications, carrying out site inspections, where necessary, and provide a report and recommendation on each application, taking account of all material considerations.
  Provide draft conditions and reasons in accordance with the policies and procedures.
• Provide information and advice to the public and media when appropriate, undertake discussions and negotiations with officers from other departments, agents, applicants, third parties and Members, in respect of enquiries.
• Provide guidance and support to the administrative, technical and professional aspects of the work undertaken by clerical staff within the area of responsibility.

To find out more information please contact Abbie at abbiek@4recruitmentservices.com

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