Park Avenue Recruitment·19 days ago
19 days ago
Senior Planning Officer
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What you'll do
- Provide additional capacity within their Planning Service
- Take ownership of a caseload and determine applications with minimal supervision
- Handle householder and minor applications
- Handle rural and agricultural applications
- Handle small/medium-scale residential schemes, generally up to 30 dwellings
- Handle pre-application enquiries
- Handle appeals and associated casework
- Write committee reports where required
What they're looking for
- Recent UK Local Authority Development Management experience
- Strong application determination experience
- The ability to manage a busy caseload independently
- Excellent report-writing and decision-making skills
- Experience using Uniform / IDOX - essential
- A delivery-focused approach and the ability to work with minimal supervision
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Full description from employer
I'm currently working closely with a Nottinghamshire Council who are looking for an experienced Development Management Planning Officer to provide additional capacity within their Planning Service.
This is a delivery-focused role for someone who can hit the ground running, take ownership of a caseload and determine applications with minimal supervision.
Role details:
- Planning Officer - Development Management
- 37 hours per week, Monday-Friday
- Initial 3-month contract, with potential for extension
- Hybrid working, with office attendance required for site visits, meetings and other work as necessary
- Start: ASAP
- Rate: Negotiable - please let me know your expectations
- IR35: Inside
The caseload is likely to include:
- Householder and minor applications
- Rural and agricultural applications
- Small/medium-scale residential schemes, generally up to 30 dwellings
- Pre-application enquiries
- Appeals and associated casework
- Committee reports where required
They are looking for someone with:
- Recent UK Local Authority Development Management experience
- Strong application determination experience
- The ability to manage a busy caseload independently
- Excellent report-writing and decision-making skills
- Experience using Uniform / IDOX - essential
- A delivery-focused approach and the ability to work with minimal supervision
This is not a management or policy role - they specifically want an experienced Development Management planner who enjoys being hands-on and progressing applications through to determination.
If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, please click on apply below, or email me with you CV and right to represent and we look at securing you an interview.
Thanks so much, I look forward to hearing from you.
Steve
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Company
Park Avenue Recruitment
East Midlands
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