Carrington West are assisting their local authority client based in the Home Counties in their search for a Tree Officer within the Town Planning department. This will be offered on an initial 3-month contract, then rolling.
We are looking for an experienced Tree Officer with practical experience within a Local Authority. The key purpose of the role is to assist the authority with a caseload of Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) and Conservation Area applications. In this role you will ensure all development management decisions relating to tree and landscape issues comply with relevant legislation, the Development Plan, and other Council plans, policies and guidelines.
Key Activities:
·To provide a professional Arboricultural service to Council Officers, advising on all matters relating to the protection of trees and hedgerows within the council, including trees covered by tree preservation orders, those growing in conservation areas and protected hedgerows within the Greenbelt.
·To regularly monitor and update the register of Tree Preservation Orders and to maintain a GIS based database and mapping for Tree Preservation Orders.
·To exercise the Council's statutory duties, inspecting, creating, serving, confirming & defending all new Tree Preservation Orders under agreement with the relevant delegated authority.
·To carry out detailed appraisals of applications & notifications made under protected tree legislation pr...