About Bury Planning Bury s Development Management service is recognised as one of the top performing in the country. It has recently been used by the Planning Advisory Service as case study for how to process planning applications efficiently and has been described as offering a strong and professional service to the citizens of Bury, in an independent peer review. It has also been recognised Nationally in the Planning Awards as Team of the Year and nominated for Team of the Year with the RTPI. The authority has a growth agenda for development and is seeking inward investment with many exciting schemes and masterplans for new development. This is clearly demonstrated in the recently adopted Places for Everyone, which has allocated some of the most strategic employment and housing sites in Greater Manchester. This includes the Northern Gateway site, which is one of the largest employment allocations in the country and residential sites that will deliver over 6,000 new homes. This is in addition to the exciting town centre regeneration plans that are coming forward in Bury, Radcliffe and Prestwich. The Council s Development Management service is an integral part of the delivery of these sites, bringing knowledge and experience on ensuring robust applications can be submitted and progress through the decision making process smoothly. We are looking for an experienced Town Planning Development Management Team Leader, sites. that will work alongside the Head of Development Management and an existing Team Leader in providing the support and expertise to deal with some exciting workloads in a busy but successful team. You will play a key role in bringing forward and assessing major development schemes from inception to determination and have a high degree of understanding complex planning issues, planning law and Environmental Impact Assessment. About the role The successful candidate would be expected to deal with a caseload of complex Major applications comprising housing, regeneration schemes and commercial development including the development of infrastructure proposals. You would also be an in-line manager to other planning officers with various levels of experience, monitoring their caseload and being a key role in the team s management. Previous experience as a case officer working with developers and the public on major schemes would be essential as you would be expected to hit the ground running demonstrating a good in-depth knowledge of the planning system particularly in Development Management and strategic development delivery work. If you feel that you can play a positive role in our service, please contact us for further details about this exciting role. Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis. Benefits of working for Bury Council To hear about the benefits for working with Bury Council, please visit A good employer | greater jobs We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements. We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria. Next steps For an informal chat regarding the role please contact David Marno on 0161 253 5291. Interviews will be held in person with the date to be confirmed. It is anticipated that there will be a written test as part of the interview given the senior position of this role.