Senior Planning Officer
Senior Planning Officer
3 months on-going contract, Inside IR35
Gloucestershire
About the role
The Senior Planning Officer is a key member of the County Council’s Planning Development Management service.
They are expected to self-manage and function largely independently but should also be willing to engage and contribute to service-wide advancement and support the delivery of best practice through their planning knowledge and gained experiences.
From time-to-time, the Senior Planner will need to be flexible and adaptable for the good of the service, working on different priorities and projects as directed by the Principal Planning Officer, and Team Manager.
The Senior Planning Officers key tasks include: - progressing a varied caseload of planning applications from submission to determination, often with proposals that comprise complex land-use planning challenges, and / or which are of a high-profile or controversial nature; advising prospective applicants and others on land-use planning matters and assessment requirements through the Council’s pre-application advice service, responding to general and technical enquiries about land-use planning matters, supporting local policy makers and planning enforcement colleagues, and representing the Council Planning Development Management service internally and at external events and meetings.
Responsibilities
Manage a varied caseload of planning applications determined by the County Council.
This will involve all core elements of the application process including: - assessing application submissions and validation, communicating with consultees, carrying out site visits, negotiations with applicants and agents, preparing recommendations and case reports.
Attending and presenting cases to decision makers at Planning Committee may also be required.
Provide planning advice, and to source and co-ordinate technical input received from other environmental disciplines as part of the Council’s pre-application advice service.
This may include attending in person and virtual meetings and preparing written summaries and reports for prospective applicants.
Provide planning advice, and to source and co-ordinate technical input received from other environmental disciplines in respect of the Environmental Impact Assessment regime (e.g.
EIA screening and scoping).
Support the Principal Planning Officer in ensuring that corporate policy and budgetary standards are complied with in service delivery, including systematic processes of operational planning, monitoring and review where required.
Skills
Academic qualification to degree level in a relevant subject such as: - town planning, geography, geology, urban / civic design or other related-environment science; and
Eligibility for Licentiate Membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute along with evidence of meeting the requirements to enter Route L-APC or Route DA-APC for RTPI Chartered Membership; or
Associate Membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute along with evidence of meeting the requirements to enter Route A-APC for RTPI Chartered Membership.
If interested in the role, please contact me at moeez.muhammed@servicecare.org.uk