Executive Director of Place

Andrew Durrant : Executive Director of Place

Responsible for: 

• Housing and Public Protection (Environmental Health and Trading Standards).
• Neighbourhood Services (Highways, Transport, Parking, Waste, Parks, Cemeteries, Sport and Leisure).
• Placemaking, Property and Sustainability (Regeneration, Facilities, Asset Management, Natural Environment and Arboriculture).
• Planning Service (Development Management, Planning Policy, Building Control).

Key tasks include:

• Lead the place directorate in a manner that builds ownership and commitment, connects the council plan to action, provides clear accountability, manages performance and delivers results.
• A member of the Executive Leadership Team, provide leadership and management, to ensure the council’s vision, financial improvement and sustainability plan are realised.
• Actively pursue the engagement of residents and service users in service design, delivery, monitoring and evaluation.
• Deliver high performing, highly visible, resident facing services across the borough.
• Realise the Council’s growth ambition through housing delivery and regeneration schemes.
• To create a cleaner, greener, safer and more prosperous borough for all residents and visitors of the Royal Borough.