David Atkinson
Director of Planning and Regeneration @Harborough District Council
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WORK HISTORY
Director of Planning and Regeneration @Harborough District Council
London, GB
Corporate Director responsible for Strategic and Local Planning, Heritage and Conservation, Neighbourhood Planning, Development Management, Planning Enforcement, Building Control, Economic Development (for 2 years) and Waste and Environmental Services (for 1.5 years).I am developing a joined up approach to Place Making and Shaping across the Council\'s services.I am also developing cross-boundary shared service opportunities with partner Councils in Leicester and Leicestershire, with the aim of providing service delivery efficiencies and delivering planning and place making across a wider geographical area that is not artificially constrained by local government boundaries. I have a strong track record of local government service transformation and modernisation using lean and agile change management techniques and processes.I transformed failing Building Control, Economic Development and Development Management Services into highly performing ones.Delivered significant budget savings through the introduction of new ways or working, lean and agile operation.Building and maintaining a strong and productive relationship with senior politicians to get things done, this delivered, for example, an adopted Local Plan and Market Harborough and Lutterworth Town Centre Master Plans.Successfully inducted new councillors into the ongoing and wide-ranging planning, placemaking and growth work of the authority.
EDUCATION
University of Wolverhampton
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Geography with History
University of Bedfordshire
Master's degree, Management Studies
Newcastle University
Master's degree, Town and Country Planning
ABOUT DAVID ATKINSON
An enthusiastic and highly motivated Chartered Town Planner, with a Masters Degree in Town Planning and Leadership and Management Studies. I have strong interpersonal skills developed through extensive experience in the public sector. Proven track record of producing comprehensive reports, delivering on time and within budget and building excellent working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. I have a track record of strong collaborative and partnership working, change management and transformation of failing local government services. A flexible worker who takes great pride in achieving results. I am outputs orientated and a can- do character.
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