Welcome

Thank you for your interest in applying to be the next Director of Planning and Regeneration at the Royal Borough of Kingston.

Kingston is a borough with many thriving diverse communities, rich in history and heritage and full of potential for our future. Our vision is to be positive, dedicated and determined in maximising what we can all do in the future whilst embracing the legacy of our past. At the same time, we will remain steadfastly focused on ensuring we do all we can on the day-to-day simple things that people need, and in particular to help our communities through these current challenging times.

We are also ambitious about how Kingston grows and evolves. We believe that development must be about more than meeting housing targets alone - it is about shaping places, supporting our local economy, and delivering high-quality environments that work for our communities now and in the future.

We are an open, honest and transparent authority. We want to continue to build on our local relationships and work alongside and enable our communities to continue to support a resilient and thriving borough. This requires keeping the deep respect and cooperation between elected members and council officers to put ourselves in the strongest position to assist them.

At Kingston Council, we are passionate about empowering staff to become the best that they can be and the right person for this role will ensure their teams are well-equipped and motivated to continue to provide quality services for our residents, businesses, partners, voluntary and community sector and other stakeholders.

We are immensely proud of our borough, and we care deeply about our responsibilities. We hope that our new Director of Planning and Regeneration will work with us and steer Kingston into an exciting and thriving future.

We wish you the best of luck with your application.

Matthew Essex,
Executive Director of Place