Senior Planning Officer

Role: Senior Planner

Location: Leicestershire

Salary: Negotiable

Penguin Recruitment is excited to be working with a Local Authority in Leicestershire to recruit a Senior Planning Officer to the team on an initial 3-month contract. Our client is looking for someone ready for a new challenge with opportunities to develop professionally, this could be the role for you.

What will you be doing in the role?



-The processing of complex major planning applications for a Sustainable Urban Extension

-Providing pre-application advice on complex major planning applications for an SUE

-Assisting the Major Schemes Officers with workstreams on the SUE

-Completing all stages of the registration and validation processes including ensuring that the fee is paid correctly in accordance with statutory requirements and undertaking consultations in accordance with statutory and local requirements;

-Carrying out site inspections;

-Negotiating and communicating with applicants, agents and consultees;

-Advising members of the public, parish councils and District Councillors;

-Assessing proposals against their conformity with national and local planning policies and guidance and all other material considerations (including representations made by consultees);

-Preparing reports and making recommendations on delegated planning applications and to Planning Committee; and,

-Issuing decision notices in accordance with the statutory and other procedures of the department including incorporating conditions and where necessary reasons for refusal.

-Providing written and verbal advice on development management to members of the public, developers, Parish Councils, District Councillors and others.

-Duty planning officer cover on a rota basis.



Our client is looking for someone who has many years post qualification local authority development management experience, as well as experience of using Uniform and Idox planning software. The right candidate may need to attend planning committee meetings and must have a full driving license and the use of a car.



What benefits come with the role?

-Our client would consider full time (37 hours per week), part-time or compressed hours. Whichever is best suited to you.

-Flexible working, for example early starts (7:30am at earliest) and early finishes or late starts (10:30am latest) and late finishes (6:30pm latest).

-A generous and rewarding salary, that can be negotiated.

-Opportunities to work on large-scale projects.



If you are interested then please contact Jack Green on 01792 365100 or email jack.green@penguinrecruitment.co.uk today to discuss the opportunity in more detail and to proceed with your application.