Policy Planning Officer needed in Stockport Paying 45 per hr ref 000B 057B / 1
Full time hours on a temporary basis
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to the preparation, monitoring, review, and implementation of planning policies and related planning documents, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements.
- Lead and support the production and maintenance of Infrastructure Delivery Plans to inform future growth and development strategies.
- Provide professional planning policy advice to colleagues, stakeholders, developers, consultants, and members of the public.
- Prepare reports, evidence base documents, consultation materials, and policy papers to support plan-making activities.
- Represent the organisation’s spatial planning interests throughout statutory planning processes, including participation in Examinations in Public where required.
- Monitor, analyse, and interpret changes in planning legislation, national planning policy, regulations, and guidance, advising on their implications.
- Assist in undertaking research, data analysis, monitoring, and evidence gathering to support policy development.
- Engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including planning authorities, infrastructure providers, developers, community groups, and government agencies.
- Support public consultation and stakeholder engagement exercises relating to planning policy and strategic growth initiatives.
- Contribute to the development of sustainable, deliverable, and evidence-based planning strategies.
If you are interested in the role, please email your CV to verity@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.
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