Senior Development Planning Officer

Senior / Planning Development Officer Rate: 19.81 per hour PAYE Location: Remote with 1 day in the Solihull office per week if required Contract: 4 - 6 Months Working hours: 37 per weekOverview: Opus People Solutions are recruiting on behalf of Solihull Borough Council for a Planning Officer with experience of monitoring and managing Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and Section 106 agreements and process. Job Purpose: The Planning Officer will support the delivery of Solihull Borough Council''s preparation, production and review of documents associated with the planning policy/housing strategy formulation for the Borough, including the tasks associated with producing such documents.Responsibilities:To lead and/or support policy development on one or more specialist areas of planning policy/housing strategy. Such areas may include planning for new homes; affordable housing and delivery; employment; retail; sustainability appraisals; gypsy and traveller accommodation; and infrastructure delivery (including S106/CIL).To develop and/or maintaining one or more of the Council''s monitoring systems in relation to planning and development.To lead on commissioning evidence base studies (or similar) to be undertaken by external consultants; including scoping, procuring and overseeing the appointed consultants.To take a lead on advising and liaising with nominated parish councils and/or neighbourhood forums to support their neighbourhood planning preparations.To prepare and present ..... full job details .....