Senior Planner Enforcement

Leicester City Council; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Leicester City Council as a key member of the Planning Service, focusing on enforcement of planning policies in a vibrant city. In this full-time role, leverage your expertise in planning enforcement to regulate and improve urban development while enjoying a dynamic work environment that promotes flexibility and work-life balance.

Benefits

Local Government Pension Scheme

Generous annual leave scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Benefits Platform

Flexible Working Policy

Excellent career progression and training opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex planning enforcement cases.
• Ability to write comprehensive and accurate planning reports.
• Current awareness of national planning policies.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload of planning enforcement cases.
• Negotiate resolutions and serve notices when necessary.
• Communicate with stakeholders effectively.

Skills

Negotiation

Communication

Organizational Skills

Education

Substantial experience in Town Planning enforcement

Job description

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Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent

Play a key role in contributing positively to the work and culture of a growing, dynamic and ambitious service.

Leicester is an exciting and enjoyable place to live and work. It has a rich history and a wonderful built and natural environment. It is a rapidly growing economy in a strategic position in the country. As a result, it has a growing national and international profile. The city holds significant potential for managed growth and has an ambitious Council focussed on delivery. As a Planning Service, we aim to proactively plan to help shape the city over the next 17 years and beyond, balancing the need for new homes and jobs against the need to protect the heritage and green environment. We are now embarking on a new phase of regeneration and placemaking as we continue progressing with our new Local Plan.

Join us to make a valuable contribution to our Planning Service; a service that brings together Development Management, Planning Enforcement, Strategic Planning, Urban Design and other specialists. We value a collaborative and inclusive work environment, fostering creativity and innovation in all aspects of its operations. Dealing with over 730 reports of planning breaches each year, the team are dedicated to safeguarding the amenity of people who live and work in the city.

This is a full-time permanent role, working 37 hours per week from Monday to Friday. You'll have the flexibility to work from our main base at City Hall or from home.

What you'll be doing

Using your knowledge and experience of planning enforcement work, along with your ability to negotiate resolutions, you'll take formal action where necessary in the form of serving notices, dealing with appeals and presenting Council as expert witness in cases of appeals and prosecutions in courts. You'll successfully manage a large and complex caseload, covering a full range of enforcement cases, communicating succinctly and effectively with stakeholders. Working collaboratively across services, you'll ensure high quality outcomes. You'll be expected to contribute towards pro-active compliance initiatives and other project-based work.

What you'll need

With substantial experience in Town Planning enforcement, you'll be able to lead on a variety of planning breaches cases, associated retrospective planning applications and as well as have an awareness of current issues affecting planning national policy. Using excellent communication and negotiation skills you'll deal effectively with other professionals and succeed in a team environment. As a highly organised individual, you'll be able to work to tight deadlines and keep planning records up to date. You'll show the ability to write comprehensive and accurate planning reports and have experience of communicating management, technical and progress information in presentations, reports and emails. Self-motivated and flexible, you'll be enthusiastic and forward thinking.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance.

Local Government Pension Scheme, 23.8% employer contribution

Generous annual leave scheme +option to buy more

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Benefits Platform including retail, holiday, and leisure discounts

Cycle to work scheme*

Flu Jabs

Free Eye Test voucher

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Flexible Working Policy

Agile Working Policy*

Car mileage reimbursement*

Excellent career progression and training opportunities

Long Service Recognition*

*Certain restrictions may apply

Join us

We're committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. Joining the team means being part of a forward-thinking organisation that continually strives to improve and make a positive impact on the community.

We've designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the 'our approach to recruitment' page.

For a chat about this post, please feel free to contact Alan Beckett on 0116 454 3016 or via email to [e-mail] or Sarbjit Singh on 0116 454 3005 or via email [e-mail]

Assessment/Interviews will take place on Monday 7th, Tuesday 8th and/or Wednesday 9th July 2025