Planning Officer (Development Management or Planning Policy)

Triumph Consultants Limited; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Triumph Consultants Limited is recruiting a Planning Officer for a 9-month interim role in the North East England. The post requires a qualified planner with substantial post-graduate experience in either Development Management or Planning Policy, capable of handling complex planning matters with minimal supervision.

You will provide professional planning advice and contribute to delivering key objectives, supporting sustainable growth and place-making across the borough.

Qualifications

• Degree in Town Planning or related discipline.
• Minimum of 3-5 years' post-graduate planning experience, ideally within a Local Authority.
• Strong understanding of statutory planning legislation and local government planning functions.
• Excellent report writing, communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work independently with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Manage a varied caseload of planning applications, policy work or projects.
• Provide professional planning advice and guidance to internal and external stakeholders.
• Prepare and present reports for Planning Committees, Members and senior officers.
• Contribute to the preparation, monitoring and review of planning policy documents and strategies.
• Represent the organisation at meetings, public consultations, inquiries, appeals and examinations as required.
• Negotiate and monitor planning obligations, including Section 106 agreements where applicable.
• Liaise effectively with elected Members, statutory consultees, developers and the wider community.
• Interpret planning legislation, policy and guidance to provide sound recommendations and decisions.

Skills

Report writing

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Development management experience

Education

Town Planning degree

Job description

Job Title: Planning Officer (Development Management or Planning Policy)

Location: North East England

Sector: Local Government

Ref: 8347

Rate: £29.65 Ph PAYE (Flexible Holiday Pay Options)

Contract: 9-Month Contract

Working Pattern: Full Time

Hybrid Working: Available subject to the requirements of the role.

The Role

Our client, a local authority in the North East, is seeking an experienced Planning Officer to join their Planning Service on an interim basis. This opportunity will suit a qualified planner with significant post-graduate experience in either Development Management or Planning Policy, capable of managing complex planning matters with minimal supervision.

The successful candidate will provide professional planning advice and contribute to the delivery of key planning objectives, supporting sustainable growth and place-making across the borough.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a varied caseload of planning applications, policy work or projects, depending on the service area.
• Provide professional planning advice and guidance to internal and external stakeholders.
• Prepare and present reports for Planning Committees, Members and senior officers.
• Contribute to the preparation, monitoring and review of planning policy documents and associated strategies.
• Represent the organisation at meetings, public consultations, inquiries, appeals and examinations as required.
• Negotiate and monitor planning obligations, including Section 106 agreements where applicable.
• Liaise effectively with elected Members, statutory consultees, developers and the wider community.
• Interpret planning legislation, policy and guidance to provide sound recommendations and decisions.

You Will Need (Essential Requirements)

• Degree in Town Planning or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 3-5 years' post-graduate planning experience, ideally within a Local Authority environment.
• Strong understanding of statutory planning legislation and local government planning functions.
• Excellent report writing, communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work independently with minimal supervision.
• Development Management Experience

Applicants working within Development Management should demonstrate experience of:

• Determining significant or major planning applications.
• Drafting and negotiating Section 106 agreements.
• Managing pre-application enquiries.
• Preparing and defending planning appeals.
• Planning Policy Experience

Applicants working within Planning Policy should demonstrate experience of:

• Supporting or leading a Regulation 19 Local Plan submission.
• Responding to Planning Inspector queries.
• Attending and supporting Examination in Public proceedings.
• Preparing and reviewing planning policy documentation.

  Desirable Experience

  • Chartered membership of the RTPI (or working towards).
  • Experience presenting complex planning matters to Members or committees.
  • Experience of partnership working across public sector organisations.
  • Knowledge of regeneration, conservation or master-planning projects.
  • Experience of community engagement and consultation activities.