This post will suit an experienced planning manager. It will equally suit a high-performing Principal Planner who has led strategic plan-making workstreams and mentored or managed junior staff and is ready for their first step into formal management.
You will lead the Planning Strategy team, give evidence at examination, and work directly with members, developers, statutory consultees and sub-regional partners. You will oversee the Council's Land Charges service, and lead Bolton's contribution to Places for Everyone and the wider Greater Manchester spatial planning agenda.
Additional support document Planning Strategy Manager
Bolton's Local Plan is heading to submission, examination and adoption. You will lead it there. By the end of 2027, you will have taken the Plan through examination to adoption and shaped the spatial strategy that follows it.
Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.
