Principal Development Planning Officer

Overview

Grade D - £45,091 – £51,356;
Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review.

Principal Development Planning Officer

As a Principal Officer in the Development Planning Group, you will help to plan and deliver big changes in Birmingham. You will be involved in and lead various local planning and regeneration services and projects. Your tasks will include:

• Leading the creation and implementation of site and area-based planning and regeneration frameworks, development briefs, and masterplans.
• Engaging with a wide range of stakeholders and our communities through consultations and negotiations.
• Providing a lead for planning advice to a variety of major development projects across the city, including support and guidance to priority housing regeneration initiatives.
• Leading neighbourhood planning processes.
• Supporting the maintenance of the city’s development site pipeline.
• Producing briefing notes, Cabinet/governance and Scrutiny reports.
• Lead planning input to Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs).

You’ll also contribute to major corporate projects, seek and monitor external funding, develop projects and ensure the proper use of S106 funds.

The role encompasses being an ambassador for the city – you’ll actively promote the city's development opportunities to developers and investors and work closely with Business Improvement Districts, ward members, community groups, schools, and universities.

These are exciting times to be working at Birmingham City Council, one of the largest and most exciting Local Planning Authorities in the country. The continued growth of the city and the region is at the heart of the council’s priorities.

As a member of the Planning and Development service, you will be integral to capitalising on the significant development across the city and the arrival of HS2. The city has, and will continue to experience significant employment, housing and retail growth and this needs to be planned for, to accommodate development pressure alongside protecting and retaining the City’s natural and built assets.

The service is at the centre of this ambitious growth programme, and we are seeking talented and driven people to deliver it.

A requirement for this role is holding or eligibility for RTPI membership.

Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting.

Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people. We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

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A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Job Description and Person Specification – JD PS Development Planning Officer (1).pdf

We strive to advertise all roles for a minimum of two weeks. However, due to high application volumes vacancies may close earlier than the stated deadline. We encourage you to submit your application without delay to ensure consideration.

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