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Salary· Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding career in planning?
· Do you want to make a difference in your community?
If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
We are looking for a Senior Planning Officer to join our team and help us achieve our corporate and directorate goals.
As a Senior Planning Officer, you will be responsible for providing expert planning advice, handling planning applications, developing policies, and delivering related services.
You will also be responsible for managing a personal case load of non-major and other planning applications and making determinations in line with the Council’s approved delegation scheme.
In addition, you will be responsible for developing and implementing both statutory and non-statutory policies and strategies, including all aspects of statutory planning policy.
This includes preparing evidence documents, conducting data analysis and research, and reviewing development plans, including Neighbourhood Plans.
You will also be responsible for advising on and preparing CIL/s106 matters, including policy and implementation.
As a Senior Planning Officer, you will engage in pre-application discussions and negotiations with developers to identify requirements, interpret policies, and enhance proposals.
You will also serve as the Council’s expert witness for planning/enforcement appeals and/or public examinations.
In addition, you will support and advise on the planning enforcement process and represent Principal Planning Officers as needed.
You will perform any other duties that may be reasonably expected of a Senior Planning Officer.
If you are passionate about planning and want to make a difference in your community, then we want to hear from you!
The pay rate for this position is highly negotiable and the working arrangement is hybrid, with mostly home working and site visits.
Apply now to join the team and help us achieve the corporate and directorate goals
