Job Description
About the role
Are you ready to take the next step in your career in an organisation where you will be supported to excel professionally? If so, join the Legal Team at West Northamptonshire Council, one of the newest and the fourth largest Unitary Councils in England. We are continuing with the growth of the legal team with the role of Principal Planning & Highways Lawyer within the Place Legal team.
No two days in the Planning & Highways Team are the same at West Northamptonshire Council. We handle a large and diverse range of planning and highways work, including Sustainable Urban Extensions (commercial and residential), major developments, Footpath Diversion Orders, and complex Highways Agreements. We provide support to planning committees, public inquiries, Members, planning officers, and senior management as needed. There will also be an opportunity to mentor and support other members of the Planning & Highways Team.
What will you be doing?
As Principal Planning & Highways Lawyer you will sit within our Place legal team, supporting the Head of Legal (Place) in the management of the team and working collaboratively with our Officers and elected Members in the work they undertake.
You will be our technical specialist with duties including:
1. Managing a full caseload of Planning & Highways matters such as providing advice on planning applications and procedures, attending plannin...