§ Mr. Alan Howarthasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many candidates from the private sector applied for the post of chief planning adviser in his Department.
§ Mr. TraceyEleven.
§ Mr. Alan Howarthasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the job specification of the newly-appointed chief planning adviser in his Department.
§ Mr. TraceyThe Civil Service Commission's recruitment regulations for this post described the job as follows
The principal function will be assist in the formulation of planning policies and in the review of the planning system, 207W and to bring to those tasks practical experience of land use planning and the operation of the planning system by local planning authorities.The person appointed will he designated "Chief Planning Adviser" and would have administrative charge of two headquarter divisions (dealing with planning research and information and minerals planning respectively), and of the departmental cartographic services.Key Departmental tasks in the next two years, where the availability of advice from the Chief Planning Adviser will be of great benefit, will he in the implementation of the new arrangements for planning in Greater London and the metropolitan county areas following the abolition of the Greater London council/metropolitan county councils; and the carrying forward of the Government's further consideration of the planning aspects of the White Paper on deregulation. The Chief Planning Adviser's advice will also be relevant to the implementation of Departmental policies on inner cities, urban renewal and derelict land reclamation.