Planning Obligation Officer

Purpose of Job:

To be responsible to the Performance and Planning Obligations Manager for:

• Responsible for the effective administration, monitoring and reporting of the Council's Planning Obligations - arising from development in the Royal Borough (Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and Section 106 agreements).

• Maintain an effective monitoring system to ensure obligation are collected and spent in accordance with the regulation and legal agreements.

• Responsible for preparing quarterly and annual financial returns setting out income and expenditure.

• Responsible for the Greenwich Neighbourhood Growth Fund and the allocation of neighbourhood CIL money to local community projects

Manages no directly managed staff or indirectly managed consultancy/contracting staff.

Main Duties:

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• Monitor all planning obligations (CIL and S106 contributions) using manual and computerised recording systems for all aspects of income and expenditure, ensuring that planning obligations are effectively delivered, monitored and enforced.

• Ensure compliance with the Community Infrastructure Levy, including the assessment of the application of CIL, validation and verification of CIL forms, issuing of notices and raising of invoices, monitoring payment and enforcing where necessary.

• Monitor development commencement through commencement notices, records in building control, local land and property gazetteer, development monitoring and council tax systems to identify development commencement dates. Liaise with colleagues in Planning and other services to check development commencement on site.

• Liaise with developers to ensure planning obligations are adhered to and to work closely with Legal Services to take effective action where developers fail to comply with the requirement of these agreements.

• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Council including Corporate Finance regarding payments, historical balances and projected spend / income.

• Maintain a detailed and clear audit trail for all budgets, undertaking regular financial and audit checks on projects and systems.

• Liaise with landowners, applicants and agents as required, to obtain relevant information and also ensure compliance with internal and external requirements.

• Utilise information technology to improve service delivery.