Planning Team Manager - Strategic Development

About The Role

Grade I £52,413 - £56,778 pro rata/pa

37 hours per week

Substantive

We’re regrowing our Planning Team and looking for an ambitious and experienced Team Manager to lead a newly formed Strategic Development Team.

The Team Manager will be responsible for one Principal Planning Officer and one Senior Planning Officer and work alongside our existing area Team Managers and officers delivering an ambitious growth strategy.

If you’re ready to make a real impact, develop your career and take on fresh challenges in a fast paced, forward thinking local authority, we’d love to hear from you.

As part of our growth agenda we’re looking to fill the following posts:

New Strategic Development Team Roles

• Strategic Development Team Manager (new post)
• Principal Planning Officer (new post)
• Senior Planning Officer (new post)

Development Management Roles

• Senior Planner (new post)
• Principal Planning Officer

Why Join Us?

Tewkesbury Borough, located in north Gloucestershire, is experiencing rapid residential and commercial growth, including a Garden Communities programme. We occupy a key strategic position bordering Cheltenham and Gloucester and work collaboratively with both partner authorities on a joint planning strategy that’s driving significant growth. With its mix of historic market towns, significant environmental assets, protected landscapes and major new developments, our borough offers a diverse planning landscape in which to develop your planning career.

Our planning service is fundamental to the success of the Council’s ambitious growth plans and the Development Management team, awarded Local Planning Authority Team of the Year (the Planning Awards, 2025), is at the heart of delivering the Council’s vision for sustainable, well designed, vibrant communities. We’re passionate about placemaking, innovation, and using new technologies (including AI) to enhance how we work.

Continuous improvement is at the heart of what we do.

If you’re an ambitious, enthusiastic and passionate town planning professional, committed to make a difference and shape the future, you’d be a great fit.

Interested?

We’d welcome an informal discussion about any of these opportunities. Please contact:

• Catherine Ashby, Head of Development Management on or
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• Bob Ristic, Team Manager on or
• James Lloyd, Team Manager on or j

Final date to receive applicationss
: 22 February 2026

Interview Dates
:
Week commencing 2nd March 2026

In return we offer:

• Up to 31 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Agile working arrangements
• Convenient office location close to the M5 with free parking
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Potential career progression
• 20% discounted membership at the local leisure centre

Find out more about us and the benefits of working for us by clicking here.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The council is committed to promoting equality of opportunity; we welcome applications from all sections of the community.