M362 Planning Assistant

The Planner Jobs Redactive Publishing Limited; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government council is looking for a Planning Assistant to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will handle a diverse caseload of planning applications and ensure efficient service delivery. Ideal candidates will have relevant planning qualifications or experience and possess strong communication skills. The position offers full-time hours, professional development opportunities, and generous leave benefits, making it an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to start their career in planning.

Benefits

Agile working with home working supported

Generous annual leave

Opportunities for professional development

Access to Local Government Pension Scheme

Free parking

Qualifications

• Experience in development management setting preferred.
• Ability to handle a varied caseload of planning applications.
• Willingness to undertake site visits across the Borough.

Responsibilities

• Handle a variety of planning applications.
• Deliver effective planning service.
• Meet Government set targets for application determination.

Skills

Team player

Excellent communication

Good negotiating skills

Proactive and solution-focused

Education

Relevant qualification in planning or similar subject

Job description

M362 Planning Assistant

Salary - Grade D (scp 013-017) - £29,064 to £31,022 (pro-rata for part time)

Term: Permanent

Working Hours: Full Time 37 hours per week

We are a customer-focused, ambitious, and dynamic organisation, which is committed to supporting communities, looking after the environment, and creating a thriving economy.

Working in a team of development management specialists, you will help deliver an effective and efficient planning service through the determination of a varied caseload of planning applications. The role will provide you with experience of working with a variety of teams across Council departments and with elected representatives as well as external partners and stakeholders. We’re looking for committed individuals who share our passion to make a difference to local communities here in Charnwood, Leicestershire.

The role involves handling a variety of planning applications, mainly made up of householder proposals and associated application types, including listed building consents, prior approvals, non-material amendments and discharge of conditions.

This role would suit someone who is looking to start a career, or who has had similar experience, in planning, or someone who enjoys dealing with a variety of smaller scale planning applications. The role is varied and will be suitable for someone who is able to meet deadlines and write good quality reports whilst ensuring a high level of accuracy. There may be the opportunity to support someone who is looking to study an Apprenticeship in Planning or complete a part-time Masters in Planning.

We are seeking to appoint someone who is dynamic, motivated, and highly organised to handle a busy caseload of planning applications and be able to meet Government set targets for their determination.

You will ideally have recent experience in a development management setting with experience of handling a varied caseload or have a relevant qualification in planning or a similar subject. You will need to be a team player and be an excellent communicator with good negotiating skills. In addition, you will need to be proactive and solution-focused and able to understand and interpret plans and policies with willingness to contribute to the delivery of excellent customer service.

It is an essential requirement of the role that you have the means to be able to carry out site visits across the whole of the Borough of Charnwood. In return you will be supported by regular one to ones with a Team Leader, have access to Continuous Professional Development and work with a fantastic, friendly, team of Planners with all levels of experience.

Please ensure that your application clearly sets out how you meet all of the essential criteria and, where applicable, the desirable criteria. If you do not do this, you may not be selected for an interview.

The benefits of working with us:

• Agile working for many roles – we support home working with some office attendance required.
• Generous annual leave of between (35.5 and 40.5 days) of leave (depending on length of service), inclusive of bank holidays
• Most services are closed over Christmas
• Opportunities for professional development linked to many roles
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Free parking

We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant’s Employer Recognition Gold Award.

We prioritise the well-being and engagement of our employees through internal groups such as the Staff Forum, Health and Wellbeing Group and Equality Working Group.

Find out more about this role and who we are by visiting www.charnwood.gov.uk/jobs

About the Council

Charnwood is one of the largest shire district councils in the country based on population, serving around 183,000 people.

We offer a range of services, with everything from refuse and recycling collections to the operation of a theatre and historic markets.

Our services are built on our values: Pride in Charnwood; Customer Focused and Working Together

About Charnwood

We are proud of our borough, and it is a great place to live, work, visit and invest in. Charnwood boasts breath-taking landscapes which are great to explore.

At the heart of Charnwood is Loughborough, home to a world class university, historic markets, and the only major bell foundry in the UK. It is a diverse community thanks to its student population and cultures from around the world.

Charnwood is located in the centre of the country with rail, road and air links to the rest of the nation and the world beyond. Our investment brand in Charnwood describes the borough as being at the centre of innovation.

Our economy is increasingly diversifying, leveraging the incredible research that flows from the world class Loughborough University and our science and technology related industries. Charnwood also has a wide ranging-portfolio of physical, cultural and social assets, with many of the levers of sustainable and inclusive growth at our disposal.

There are a range of exciting developments and regeneration opportunities which will help create high-quality jobs and ensure continued economic prosperity.

No agencies please.

Closing date: Friday 22nd August 2025

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