· Responsible for housing strategy, developing relations with Housing Associations and promoting the needs of tenants and leaseholders
· Responsible for delivery of environmentally sustainable development through the planning system
· Ensuring delivery of promises by Clarion Housing
· Overseeing monitoring and enforcement of HMOs and rogue landlords, across Landlord Licensing and Article 4 Directions
· Leading on regeneration and neighbourhood renewal initiatives
· Responsible for delivering statutory housing function relating the Housing Register and homelessness
· Responsible homelessness strategy and rough sleeper services
· Responsible for administering the disabled facilities grant
· Housing Enforcement-Private sector disrepair, licensing and enforcement of HMOs
· Responsible for the Shared Lives Service
· Overall responsibility for planning policy
· Leading on the development of the Local Plan
· Overseeing major projects in town centres, with an emphasis on greening and sustainability
· Building a vision in conjunction with local residents for the future of our neighbourhoods
· Overall responsibility for development and building control and spatial policy
· Lead on asset management
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