CHRISTOPHER SAMUEL BINNS
07584070488 chris.s.binns@gmail.com Apartment 201, Eastbank Tower 277 Great Ancoats Street Greater Manchester M4 7FD
PROFILE
EXPERIENCE
I am a hard-working, selfm o t i v a t e d a n d re s p o n s i b l e individual, with an articulate and engaging personality, who is looking to take the next step in my planning career. I enjoy meeting new challenges and seeing them through to completion. I remain good humoured under pressure. I adapt well to new situations and I am confident to work both independently or as part of a team. My specific areas of interest are housing regeneration, transport planning and retail town planning.
ST HELENS BOROUGH COUNCIL Assistant Planning Officer (Policy) - November 2020 - Present (Maternity Cover) - Detailed research in to my assigned topic areas for the Local Plan Examination Hearings - Communication with the public and Programme Officer through email and phone - Completion of email/postal mail-outs to all representors and consultancies - Site visits and housing/employment supply monitoring - Daily/weekly department admin, enquiries and website updates - Streamlining/redesign of existing databases - Remain up to date on weekly application submissions/decisions
SKILLS - Professionalism and time
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management from maintaining a management job throughout my degrees Head boy during A Levels School council member during high school Communication skills from managing a team of staff during my team leader position at H&M, as well as between stores and area/ country management teams
SPAWFORTHS ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING Student Planning Assistant - March 2020 - Work experience alongside Graduate Planning Assistants and Associate Directors - Completing site findings and appraisals, taking responsibility of Spawforths’ new site information software - Completing planning statements JOHNSON MOWAT PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS Student Planning Assistant - January 2020 - February 2020 - One-month work experience alongside Managing Director and the rest of the team on numerous applications such as the East Leeds Extension for 5000 homes - Production of Environmental Impact Assessments, Member Briefing Papers, housing trajectories, site location and access reports, site descriptions and application descriptions - Partaking in client meetings, conducting site visits and attending committee meetings H&M, TRAFFORD CENTRE Admin - September 2018 - October 2020 Sales Advisor & Team Leader - October 2014 - September 2018 - Completing daily banking routines, day reports and paperwork and weekly payroll - Planning/implementing health & safety, fire evacuation, loss prevention and GDPR trainings for 120 staff - Maintenance of store facilities and equipment - Act on audit feedback to make improvements - achieving the highest score to date - Recruitment assessment days and individual interviews
EDUCATION
EXTRAS - Member of the University of Sheffield Planning Society
- Student member of the RTPI,
soon transitioning to Licentiate membership
MSc Urban and Regional Planning, The University of Sheffield (RTPI Accredited) Grade: Successful Completion with Merit Student Representative Modules including perspectives on spatial planning and development, values in planning, issues in housing, transport planning, area action plan, financial appraisal. BSc Geography, Sheffield Hallam University Grade: Bachelor of Science with Second Class Honours (First Division) Modules including transport planning, sustainable settlements and regeneration practice. A-levels, Sale Grammar Sixth Form Geography - B English Language - C
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Tudor History - C
GCSEs, Sale Grammar School 9 GCSEs A*-B, including Mathematics and English ASDAN Qualification and ECDL - Pass