Stephen Gill Email & Phone Number

Planning Consultant hired to provide interim management cover for the west area of the Local Planning Authority. Key responsibilities included the following:- Assisting members of the team with case load queries, ranging from householder schemes to major planning applications. I am also responsible for distributing new planning applications in a balanced manner. - Reviewing case officers planning applications, including their final recommendations, the associated Delegated or Committee Reports and the planning conditions or reason for refusal. This work also included signing off the planning applications. - Lead Officer for the Parkside Strategic Site. This includes a Development Consent Order application for a Strategic Rail Freight Interchange at Parkside East.

United Kingdom

- Lead Officer for an outline planning application at Clowne Garden Village, involving a proposal for 1,800 new homes, green infrastructure and 24 hectares of new employment development.

Doncaster, England, United Kingdom

Planning Consultant hired to provide interim Principal Planning Officer cover. Key responsibilities included the following:- Assisting members of the team with case load queries, ranging from householder schemes to major planning applications. - Reviewing case officers planning applications, including their final recommendations, the associated Delegated or Committee Reports and the planning conditions or reason for refusal. This work also included signing off the planning applications. - Project lead for a mixed caseload of major planning applications to determination, including residential, and commercial development. Key projects included:- Land at Mere Lane, Doncaster – 234 homes.- Nearcliff Quarry, Doncaster - large scale minerals application for the removal of limestone waste.- Marr Wind Farm – Application for life extension of an existing windfarm

Wigan, England, United Kingdom

Planning Consultant hired to provide interim team management cover for the east area of the Local Planning Authority. Key responsibilities included the following:- Assisting members of the team with case load queries, ranging from householder schemes to major planning applications. I was also responsible for distributing new planning applications in a balanced manner. - Reviewing case officers planning applications, including their final recommendations, the associated Delegated or Committee Reports and the planning conditions or reason for refusal. This work also included signing off the planning applications. - Providing formal responses to complaints and queries ranging from enforcement complaints, in addition to complaints that had been escalated by case officers. I also provided draft responses to MP enquiries on behalf of senior management. - Assisting the enforcement team with assessing and screening initial enforcement complaints, and providing a professional judgement as to whether further action was required.- Project lead for a mixed caseload of major and minor planning applications to determination, including residential, commercial and Green Belt applications.

Manchester Area, United Kingdom

Project lead for specific major planning applications to determination, including residential, retail and Green Belt applications. This includes identifying, engaging and appointing external consultants for example heritage, viability and retail, in addition to s.106 negotiation, working within PPA Agreements and presenting to Planning Committees, Ward Councillors and to the Chair of Planning Committee separately. Key projects include:- Foxdenton Strategic Site, Oldham – 500 dwellings & 66,000sqm of employment uses - Shaw Distribution, Oldham – 400 dwellings- Cowlishaw Abattoir, Oldham – 201 dwellings- Land at Vale Drive, Oldham – 88 dwellings- Land at former Stonebreaks Quarry - 156 dwellings

Lancaster, England, United Kingdom

Assisting the Local Planning Authority with a variety of planning schemes, including major residential applications, along with Green Belt, Agricultural, changes of use, and major and minor commercial applications.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Effective management of major planning projects, including major residential (schemes of 100 units and over), major commercial and mixed-use schemes. Essential experience in writing Local Plan representations, promoting a mixture of large strategic sites and small to medium sized sites, for site allocation in emerging Local Plans. Valuable experience in writing fee agreements, agreeing and negotiating fee extensions with clients, and effective management of time and project fee budgets. Effective client management skills, involving building and sustaining relationships and offering a personable and transparent approach. Experience speaking at Planning Committee, to present the key benefits of a scheme to political members and the Council. Providing guidance and support to less experienced members of the team (Graduate Planners).

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Managing & assisting on major planning projects for residential, commercial and mixed use, ensuring that that the project runs to the programme and cost.Attending formal pre-application meetings with Local Planning Authorities to discuss and present a variety of development proposals.Writing Planning Statements, demonstrating a developments suitability against planning policies and the unique benefits of a scheme.Organising and attending public consultation events, to present potential development proposals to the public and key political figures.

St Helens

Problem resolution via a diverse caseload of planning applications from major residential (100+ units), commercial, mixed-use schemes and schemes in the Green Belt, to minor schemes and householder extensions. Assessing large scale and minor pre-application enquiries, offering policy & legislation interpretation, along with support and guidance to applicants at an early stage.Organise work case load effectively, identify technical problems and communicate these early in the process to effectively meet the 8-13-week deadlines, with minimal supervision.Providing customer care to developers, the public & political bodies, offering a transparent & easily accessible service to customers, in all forms of communication.Effective communication with the Enforcement Team and assessing breaches of planning control.

Warrington, United Kingdom

Coordinating and delivering detailed responses to Local Planning Authorities on behalf of the Environment Agency on a variety of planning applications. This includes major residential, retail, industrial, renewable energies, infrastructure and NSIPS. Attending public meetings, recommending planning conditions on statutory and non statutory work (including flood risk, contaminated land, groundwater, ecology and permitting). Negotiation on schemes and building and sustaining strong working relationships with public and private industries along with communities. Active involvement with integrating the EA’s objectives within Local Planning Authorities Local Plans. Involves reading, understanding, liaising and providing advice, at an early stage, to contribute in delivering effective planning policies that successfully promote positive environmental outcomes for the future. Identification of future key strategic sites across Merseyside, and identifying where strong environmental outcomes could be achieved and promoting this to Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Local Nature Partnership (LNP) to source potential funding. Part of a team responsible for translating the latest Government planning policies and pinpointing where this could impact the EA's services.

Msc Environmental Planning, Town Planning

Diploma In Planning Studies, Town Planning

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