Planning Officer
6 months
£17.11 per hour
Planning officer
The post holder will report to the Principal Planning Officer will contribute to the delivery of the planning (including enforcement) service in one of the area base development management teams
DESCRIPTION OF ROLE:
The Planning Officer will form part of a busy area based development management team and will play a key role in ensuring the effective delivery of the statutory processes.
The post holder will help to ensure that the service effectively engages with its customers, including the general public, communities, applicants, stakeholders and the development industry in the planning service; and this may include attending community consultation events and Town and Parish meetings as appropriate to support senior officers and management.
The post holder will deal with a case load of planning applications and related planning matters including some of a major or contentious nature and may be expected to attend Council meetings, including Planning Committee meetings to support senior officers or managers in their presentation of reports in relation to planning matters.
Qualification
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent in a relevant in town planning qualification or significant recent experience of development control services including processing of planning enquiries, planning applications and related matters
Experience
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Recent experience of development control and planning enforcement services.
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Experience of preparing documentation on behalf of the Authority as part of the planning appeal process
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Experience of advising senior officers on development control and enforcement issues
Skills / Knowledge
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Up to date knowledge of all planning legislation and process/procedures relevant to discipline
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Knowledge of relevant national, regional and local planning policy pertinent to planning discipline
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Effective interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with a wide range of people from different backgrounds
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Ability to demonstrate customer orientated approach to development control and enforcement service delivery.
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Ability to establish stakeholder relationships and to communicate effectively with a wide range of partners; including other Officers of similar disciplines both from within the Authority and external
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Ability to recognise key issues, identify problems and find, and implement, solutions
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Familiarity with and ability to use relevant ICT infrastructure
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knowledge of service planning issues relating to development control and enforcement including national and local performance framework
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knowledge of community engagement and customer first approach to service delivery
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Range of communication skills, including listening, presenting information, facilitating group discussions and giving effective feedback in one-to-ones
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Ability to demonstrate a can do and pragmatic approach to service delivery
Interested Please apply