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Principal Planning Officer*

Employer
East Herts Council
Location
Hertford, Hertfordshire
Salary
£40,156 - £49,250 including local weighting, +£3500 MFS**
Closing date
29 Aug 2024
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Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Discipline
Planning
Function
Officer, Planner
Sector
Local Authority
Seniority
Senior Executive

Job Details

Grade 9 – 10 £40,156 - £49,250 including local weighting, +£3500 MFS**
Full Time, 37 hours per week, permanent. Blended/home working available, Hertford. Closing on 15th September 2024.

Are you a senior planning professional looking for a change? Could you thrive in a progressive public sector environment making a real difference to the resident of East Herts? Are you interested in supporting the delivery of one of the largest developments in the country?

If so, we’re looking for Principal Planning Officers to support exciting developments, including the Garden Town project at the Gilston Area and across East Hertfordshire to ensure we can meet the planning challenges of the 2020s and beyond.

This is a great opportunity for a planning professional with experience dealing with major development proposals to join our organisation, situated in this rich and diverse and historic environment.

You will play a key role in supporting the delivery of unique new development sites in the district, helping us achieve sustainable development where active and sustainable travel is the priority, to protect our unique array of heritage assets and conserve the beautiful natural environment that surrounds us while supporting the creation of new habitats and opportunities for nature recovery, recreation, health and wellbeing.

So, if you want to join us at the head of the curve and become an innovator, designer and environmentalist helping to plan a prosperous future for East Hertfordshire, then apply today!
*We have posts available in our Gilston Planning Team which manage the Gilston Area allocation in the District Plan for 10,000 homes and extensive community infrastructure projects. We also have posts in the strategic delivery team which deal with other strategic and major development projects allocated in our District Plan. Please indicate in your application which post you are interested in.
**In line with their pay policy, EHC will review the application of the Market Forces Supplement annually, and if warranted, will make adjustments in liaison with affected staff.

The Role

As a Principal Planning Officer in the Gilston Planning Team you will take a leading role in master-planning and managing a varied caseload of detailed approval applications.
As a Principal Planning Officer you will manage a caseload of complex planning and related applications, including pre-application submissions, focusing on development management.
Both roles will involve you exercising delegated powers to determine applications and to take a project managed approach to teams, leading and mentoring junior colleagues.

Providing a service that is efficient and effective, you will oversee all stages of the process from initial assessment, through to committee reporting, legal agreements, conditions and appeals.

You will also keep up to date with case laws, national and local policies and community needs to ensure that the planning process can deliver the best outputs and outcomes.

Additionally, you will:

- Present casework to decision making committees and in other public meetings
- Respond promptly to customers’ needs
- Provide guidance, training and support to other team members

This role will require you to visit and inspect land and development sites and other locations both within and beyond the district.

About You

To be considered as a Principal Planning Officer, you will need:

- Experience dealing with major development proposals
- Experience and understanding of the planning legal obligation process
- Project management experience
- Experience dealing with planning issues and communicating these at committees and public meetings
- Experience guiding, mentoring and supporting junior colleagues
- A degree in Town and Country Planning and/or post graduate qualification in Town and Country Planning (or equivalent)
- A current, valid driving licence, access to your own vehicle and the ability to travel across the district, occasionally at short notice

Other organisations may call this role Council Planning Officer, Senior Planning Co-ordinator, Environmental Planning Executive, Senior Planning Development Officer, or Planning Applications Officer.
How to apply

For an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Martin Plummer, Service Manager Development Management and Enforcement (01992 532080 or Jenny Pierce, Gilston Area Team Leader (01992 531624).

Closing date: 15th September at midnight.

Interviews will be held on: Week Commencing 30th September 2024.

So, if you’re ready for a new and stimulating challenge as a Principal Planning Officer, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, valuing diversity and maintaining a firm commitment to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants. We believe that creating inclusive environments leads to stronger collaboration and better outcomes in our work.

Company

The District has Broxbourne to the south, Welwyn and Hatfield and Stevenage to the west and North Hertfordshire as its northern boundary. To the east, the district borders on the county of Essex.

The main centres of population are Hertford, Ware, Bishops Stortford, Sawbridgeworth and Buntingford. Between these main centres much of the area is open countryside, with rural communities of various sizes.

The vision of the Council is to provide East Hertfordshire residents and businesses with a future that is prosperous and sustainable. In order to achieve this, a number of strategic objectives have been developed, which allow the Council in conjunction with its many partners to focus on the key issues that concern the residents of East Hertfordshire.

For more information on the Council's vision and strategic objectives, please see our Vision & Corporate Priorities.

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