Interim Planning Officer
St Albans 5262110
Basic DBS disclosure required for this role
Hybrid working - 2 days a week in the office including site visits
Key Requirements:
1. Extensive planning experience dealing with small scale majors and complex minor applications.
2. RTPI membership.
3. Understanding of Green Belt policy.
4. Knowledge of the development management process, including statutory regulations, instruments, policy, guidance, and case law, and how this can be applied to the determination of planning applications.
5. Knowledge of Conservation Area, Listed Building, and Advertisement regulations, policy, and legislation, and how this can be applied to the determination of planning applications.
6. Experience of drafting planning reports with coherent, logical argument.
7. Significant experience dealing with small scale majors, complex minor applications, and complex householders.
We are seeking an experienced Planning Officer with a strong track record in handling small-scale major developments, complex minor applications, and complex household planning cases. The ideal candidate will have a history of high performance in a similar role, with proven expertise in Green Belt policy. They should be confident in working independently while managing complex cases and have a track record of high performance.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Provide professional advice, guidance, interpretation, and evaluation on all aspects of the work area to customers and colleagues to meet statutory and service requirements, ensuring quality outcomes.
2. Lead on the consideration and negotiation of planning applications and provide a decision recommendation on each application within statutory time limits to facilitate the implementation of the Development Plan.
3. Keep up to date with good practice and changes to legislation to ensure appropriate consideration of planning matters.
4. Provide professional advice, interpretation, and expertise in Planning Appeal and Planning Enforcement issues in liaison with the planning and enforcement teams, including provision of written evidence for hearings and Planning (public) Inquiries and Court.
5. Implement a professional and entrepreneurial approach to optimise fee income and make the most efficient use of resources.
6. Ensure planning decisions are transparent, consistent, and robust through clear communication, evaluation, and interpretation of national and local policy, seeking to reduce the number of appeals through a proactive development management approach.
7. Support the Development Management team to ensure the ICT for the team is maintained at an appropriate level and is informed through new developments in e-planning delivery, facilitating the delivery of the Council’s corporate vision, strategic objectives, and agreed priorities as well as statutory requirements.
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