Strategic Planning Lead: Major Projects & Growth (Hybrid)

North Yorkshire Council; Scarborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Additional annual leave

Local Government Pension Scheme

Supportive team culture

Job summary

North Yorkshire Council’s Planning Service seeks a Principal Planning Officer to manage a varied portfolio of major and complex planning applications, guide strategic development projects, and influence decisions impacting communities, economy and environment.

You will apply extensive planning knowledge, support mentoring of colleagues, and work within a hybrid model to engage with stakeholders and communities across North Yorkshire.

Qualifications

• Degree, Post-Graduate Degree or master's in planning or related subject.
• Eligible for Membership of RTPI.
• Evidence of working on major and complex cases.
• Excellent knowledge of planning legislation and regulations.
• Ability to organise workloads and manage time to strict deadlines.
• Ability to work confidently within a political and stakeholder-rich environment.
• Experience supporting, mentoring or supervising planning colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Leading on major and strategically important planning applications.
• Manage complex development proposals from pre-application to determination and appeal.
• Present reports and recommendations to Planning Committees.
• Acting as case officer for major and high-profile applications and appeals.
• Project managing strategic development sites.
• Negotiating community benefits through Section 106 and CIL.
• Providing expert planning advice to stakeholders and colleagues.
• Mentor and support colleagues, sharing planning expertise across the service.

Education

Degree or higher in planning

RTPI membership eligible

Experience on major/complex cases

Knowledge of planning legislation

Workload/time management

Political/stakeholder environment

Mentoring planning colleagues

Job description

North Yorkshire Council’s Planning Service seeks a Principal Planning Officer to manage a varied portfolio of major and complex planning applications, guide strategic development projects, and influence decisions impacting communities, economy and environment.

You will apply extensive planning knowledge, support mentoring of colleagues, and work within a hybrid model to engage with stakeholders and communities across North Yorkshire.