Highways Development Control Officer

Bridgend County Borough Council; Bridgend; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Bridgend County Borough Council is seeking an Officer to join the Highways Development Control team within the Planning and Development Services Group. The role involves assessing planning applications, reviewing transport assessments, and conducting site visits to shape highway responses.

You will work closely with planners, developers, consultants and engineers to balance highway implications with planning, design and place-making, in a hybrid working post.

Qualifications

• Sound understanding of highways or transport-related issues.

Responsibilities

• Assess planning applications with highway and transport implications.
• Review technical information such as transport assessments.
• Undertake site visits and help shape practical highway responses.
• Work with planners, developers, consultants and engineers to balance transport considerations with planning and design.

Job description

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Contractual hours 37

Basis Full time

Job category/type Highways, Green Spaces and Natural Resources

Date posted 10/09/2026

Job reference 19117

37 hours per week

Do you want a role where no two days are the same, and where your work directly influences how development happens on the ground?

An opportunity has arisen for an Officer to join the Highways Development Control team at Bridgend County Borough Council, within the Planning and Development Services Group. The team works at the heart of the planning process, advising on the transport and highway implications of development across the borough, from smaller schemes through to more complex and high-profile proposals.

The role involves assessing planning applications with highway and transport implications, reviewing technical information such as transport assessments, undertaking site visits, and helping to shape clear, practical and proportionate highway responses. You will work closely with planners, developers, consultants and engineers, gaining exposure to how transport considerations are balanced alongside planning, design and place-making.

You will be expected to bring a sound understanding of highways or transport-related issues, and an appreciation of how development impacts on the highway network. Familiarity with transport assessment principles and tools commonly used in development planning will be beneficial, but this role is equally about judgement, communication and problem-solving. You will manage an appropriate caseload with support from more experienced colleagues, building confidence and capability as your experience develops.

This role would suit someone with experience or exposure in highways, transport or planning who is looking to work in a varied, applied role that sits at the crossroads of policy, engineering and real-world development.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact: Leigh Tuck Strategic Transport and Highways Development Control Team Leader 01656 642504

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.

Closing Date: 24 September 2026

Shortlisting Date: 25 September 2026