Senior Planning Officer

Carrington West; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Planning Officer for a local authority in London on a 3-month rolling contract. The ideal candidate will manage planning applications, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and policies. Candidates are required to have a degree in Town Planning and RTPI membership, alongside strong communication and negotiation skills. Flexible work arrangements are offered, with a competitive pay rate of £45 per hour depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Experience as a development management case officer in a local authority or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of relevant planning legislation and policies.
• Ability to manage caseloads and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of planning applications including complex and minor applications.
• Oversee a backlog of planning applications within statutory timeframes.
• Advise on a variety of planning applications in a team environment.

Skills

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Planning legislation knowledge

Teamwork

Education

Degree in Town Planning or related field

Chartered membership of RTPI or equivalent experience

Job description

Senior Planning Officer – Development Management

Carrington West are assisting their local authority client based in London in the search for a Senior Planning Officer to join their Development Management team on a rolling 3-month contract.

The successful candidate will manage a caseload of applications including complex minor applications and small scale major applications. Cases will include overseeing a backlog of planning applications as well as the management of live applications within the statutory timeframes.

To apply for these roles, it is essential that you have worked as a development management case officer in a local authority planning department or at an equivalent level in a private practice. The successful candidates must have significant experience in successfully assessing and advising on a variety of planning applications, and good fundamental and technical knowledge and understanding of all relevant planning legislation and policies. You will need to have excellent communication and negotiation skills as you will be working in a team environment, as well as dealing with other professionals.

In order to successfully deliver the responsibilities of the role, you will need to have a relevant degree level qualification in Town Planning (or related built environment discipline) and hold chartered membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), or be able to demonstrate suitable post qualification experience to meet the eligibility requirements for chartered membership.

The council are looking for candidates who will be able to hit the ground running and are offering flexible working arrangements.

Pay Rate - £45 per hour (depending on experience)
Job Ref - 62912
Please call Cameron de Wit on 02393 876014 for a confidential discussion on this role, or email myself or our planning team if you are short of time to chat:
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Carrington West's dedicated Town Planning Recruitment Team supply clients UK wide on both a permanent and contract basis and all levels of seniority. If this role is too senior, too junior or in a location that is unsuitable, but you are keen on options, please still feel free to apply and we can discuss other, often unadvertised roles with you.