Our busy planning team is looking for a friendly, motivated and skilled individual to work on a wide variety of planning enforcement cases and help us ensure that development is carried out sustainably across the Borough.
Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment.
Cheshire West and Chester features a rich and varied landscape, with a wide range of urban and rural communities including the main centres of Chester, Ellesmere Port, Northwich and Winsford. We are a friendly, supportive and innovative planning team offering the opportunity to get involved in a great variety of residential, commercial/industrial and countryside sites, protecting urban and rural areas including Green Belt and preserving and enhancing our distinct heritage - including the beautiful walled city of Chester with its concentration of listed buildings and Area of Archaeological Importance.
For our Planning Officer (Enforcement) role, you are expected to have good practical planning experience in a Local Authority, preferably including experience of successfully carrying out planning enforcement action. Most of all, we are seeking a confident, self-motivated, and diplomatic person with a ‘can-do’ attitude and the ability to deliver positive outcomes for the future of the Borough. You should be able to provide clear and accurate advice to stakeholders and show excellent customer care, verbal and written skills. You will need to hold a full driving licence.
Your main responsibilities will be to manage and resolve planning enforcement cases and from time to time you may also be asked to assist our planning applications teams, and to represent the Council at appeals.
You will demonstrate the ability to work as part of our friendly and committed team of planners and support staff, have experience of working in the field of planning enforcement, be an excellent communicator and show a clear commitment to providing outstanding customer service.
The Council is committed to embracing flexible and mobile working, ensuring employees have the ICT equipment to work remotely and promoting a good work/life balance.
We have the right to withdraw this advert early should we receive a high number of applications.
Contact Brian Leonard ( / ) for an informal discussion about the role.
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No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
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Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £ per hour for all contracted hours.