Carrington West are assisting their local authority client based in the Home Counties in the search for a Planning Policy Team Leader to join their Town Planning department on a 6 month rolling contract. The main purpose of the role will require you to play a leading role in managing and supervising a team of planning policy staff through the local plan process and the creation of future policy documents, guidance notes and SPDs. Your key responsibilities will include the overseeing of officers and external consultants to deliver on policy programs alongside the maintenance of relationships with key stakeholders to ensure ''duty to cooperate''. You will be required to allocate and delegate work streams to members of the policy team; sign off delegated reports; undertake community and stakeholder consultations; make policy comments on major planning applications; and represent the Planning Policy Team at the Member Planning Panel, Cabinet and other Councillor meetings. The post holder will be required to deal with a wide range of complex technical work to support the preparation of a new Local Plan as well as shaping and participating effectively in public consultation on emerging policy documents. Main duties will include: 1)To contribute to the delivery of an efficient and effective Planning Strategy Team for the council, including engagement with developers and other key bodies in the delivery of quality developments and a robust planning policy framework 2)To assist in