JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE Joint Commercial Planning Manager
JOB PURPOSE Promote and monitor both Sussex and Surrey’s Police Force’s interests in the statutory planning system, ensuring that both Force’s future commercial growth requirements are identified, recognised and where possible funded through the Local Authority planning system or external income generating opportunities. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES 1. Identify the Force’s requirements to respond to future community growth impacts, ensuring that the implications of future growth/new development across all the Local Policing Areas (LPA) across Sussex and Surrey are assessed and clearly understood. Develop and review plans of each LPA and meet Local Authority information requirements in support of claims submitted either in response to planning applications or the
development of Infrastructure Delivery Plans and Community Infrastructure Levy’s. 2. Monitor national & local planning policies and to influence and respond to appropriate consultation opportunities in order to protect and promote the Force’s interests in relation to existing property holdings and the implications of future planned population, housing and economic growth. Engage with Local Authorities in development of LDF (Local Development Framework), community and economic strategy documents and Community Infrastructure Levy activity. 3. Monitor submitted planning applications to ensure relevant applications are identified and appropriate representations are submitted, in liaison with the Force’s Crime Prevention Design Advisers and others as necessary, to ensure co-ordinated responses are made covering scheme design, CCTV requirements, on-site Police facility requirements and/or financial contributions
for the cost of off-site Police infrastructure (e.g. premises, vehicles, staff set up costs and equipment and Automatic Number Plate Recognition camera systems). 4. Negotiate and secure developer/planning contributions in the form of s106 Agreements, Community Infrastructure Levy and by private treaty as appropriate, and to engage in planning appeals where required, in liaison with consultants and others as needed e.g., monitor local authority registers and engage with pre application activity on major schemes to highlight on and off-site force requirements’ 5. Engage, collaborate and build trust with stakeholders to influence planning policy development with external partners (fire services, local authorities, health service etc) and internal partners (Police and Crime Commissioners, Crime Prevention Design Advisors and relevant police staff) to promote the profile of Community Safety Partnerships (CSP) within planning policy.
LOCATION Lewes HQ, Guildford HQ or as agreed with Line Manager
DEPARTMENT Estates and Facilities
GRADE Band 2/M2
WORKING HOURS 37/36 hours, 5 days per week, normal hours plus evenings and weekends as required.
REPORTS TO Head of Estates Services
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