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Planning Officer - Major Projects

Employer
North Norfolk District Council
Location
Cromer, Norfolk
Salary
£28,226 - £31,895 per annum
Closing date
27 Jun 2022

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About The Role

North Norfolk is a fantastic place to live, work and visit – covering over 360 sq miles of coastal and rural environment, with a population of over 100,000 people living in 120 distinct communities, our District is one of England’s top holiday destinations and a place where people positively choose to live. North Norfolk is an attractive rural District with beautiful coastline, fantastic landscapes and big skies within easy reach of the fine City of Norwich.

Are you a recent planning graduate or looking to accelerate your career in planning? We are looking for positive, enthusiastic and forward thinking candidates to join our Major Projects Team.

The Major Projects Team work alongside the wider Development Management Team at North Norfolk District Council and are responsible for a range of larger scale applications, including housing, agricultural, industrial and commercial developments, as well as helping to deliver innovative solutions for affordable housing and other unique developments. The team are also involved in large scale renewable energy projects including Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.

Join an ambitious authority looking to realise its development aspirations and deliver growth while maintaining the unique and special qualities that make North Norfolk a better place to live, work and visit.

About You

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to develop and accelerate their professional skills and knowledge in major developments by managing and developing their own caseload.

This would include determining a range of major and minor planning applications, dealing with planning appeals, providing pre-application advice, undertaking condition discharges and Section 106 planning obligations work. Please see the accompanying person specification in relation to this post. Please note that this post is Politically Restricted.

We can offer the successful candidate benefits including £5000 Golden Hello payment, relocation package and essential car user allowance.

For an informal discussion please contact: Russell Stock, Major Projects Team Leader on 01263 516149 or email on Russell.stock@north-norfolk.gov.uk

About Us

We're committed to promoting equality of opportunity for the people and communities of North Norfolk. We respect and value difference in our district and across our workforce, and we want everyone to feel included and able to play their part in making North Norfolk a great place to live, learn, work and visit.

Our coast and environment are really important to us. We are part of Coastal Partnership East, an organisation with responsibility for our coastline from Holkham to Felixstowe in Suffolk. We have a net zero strategy, and a team of people working to deliver these important initiatives.

As one of the largest employers in the district, we offer a number of benefits that are open to all employees. We have a really supportive culture of enabling our people to learn and grow through attending courses, e-learning, and their day to day job roles. Our office in Cromer is clean, modern and light with onsite lunchtime catering.

We have an active health and well-being group with a new strategy, mental health first aiders, domestic abuse change champions, employee assistant program, and employee discounts portal.

We have a great forum for communication with regular updates from Directors and Chief Executive, employee voice through our Staff Focus Group, and great working relationship with Unison, our onsite recognised union.

Most people that work for North Norfolk District Council are able to enjoy a great work life balance, as part of our hybrid approach to work. If your role supports hybrid working, all we ask is that you have a stable and reliable internet connection.

In terms of the numbers, if you are new to the public sector, you’ll enjoy 24 days holiday per year plus bank holidays, and when you’ve been with us for five years, this increases to 29 days (assuming the role is full time). We provide access to a great pension scheme, based on your local authority career average earnings.

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