Enforcement Officer & Planning & Development

The Planner Jobs Redactive Publishing Limited; Bridgend; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Bridgend seeks an Enforcement Officer to assist with development management and planning enforcement. The role involves addressing enforcement complaints, ensuring compliance with planning conditions, and proactively managing breaches of planning control. The ideal candidate has experience in planning processes and the ability to communicate in Welsh. This position offers a hybrid working model, combining office and remote work, aligned with the council's policies.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning enforcement processes.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Strong motivation and enthusiasm.

Responsibilities

• Assist Senior Enforcement Officers with Enforcement complaints.
• Ensure compliance with planning permission conditions.
• Proactively deal with breaches of planning control.

Skills

Experience in development management

Ability to work in a team

Proactive individual

Ability to communicate in Welsh

Job description

Enforcement Officer – Planning & Development

Salary: Grade 9 - £34,434 - £36,363

Location: Bridgend

Contract: 37 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Enforcement Officer within the Development Control/Management Section of the Local Planning Authority.

We are looking for a highly motivated person with experience of development management and/or planning enforcement processes and practices in Wales.

You will be an enthusiastic and proactive individual with the ability to work both individually and as part of a team.

Your primary focus will be assisting the Local Planning Authority’s two Senior Enforcement Officers processing a large and varied caseload of Enforcement complaints and other contraventions of Planning control in an efficient, professional and timely manner in line with statutory timelines. However, you will also be tasked with pro-actively ensuring compliance with conditions attached to planning permissions and will process a small caseload of Enforcement complaints related to matters such as advertisements etc. and you will have the opportunity to help prepare appeal statements.

You will help to ensure that the service continues to make a full contribution to the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of Bridgend County Borough and maintain the Local Planning Authority’s reputation for Planning excellence.

This will be achieved by proactively dealing with breaches of planning control and unauthorised development across the Borough.

The successful candidate will be based at the Civic Offices, Bridgend although Officers are working on a hybrid basis with a flexible amount of agile working.

The ability to greet customers through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.

Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.

The council’s Hybrid Working Policy applies to this post. This provides a framework for establishing how you will undertake working hours between your home and the office.

For more information and to apply, please click Apply now.

Closing date: 11/02/2026