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Principal Planning Officer
North Yorkshire RQ1657149
Pay Rate: £34.00, per hour PAYE
Hours per week: Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3-4 months
North Yorkshire, YO17 7HH

Hybrid working, 1 day a week in office


What's involved with this role:

The role involves the provision of planning advice and managing a caseload of planning applications and related consents, including complex and major planning applications and appeals submitted under the Town and Country Planning Acts and other related legislation. In addition to attending Planning Committees and other relevant groups to present agenda items and represent the service.

The post holder will help to deliver a proactive, customer-focused and compliant ‘end-to-end’ development management service that meets statutory requirements. Including contributing to the delivery of excellent performance and customer service, planned outcomes, targets and objectives and continuous improvement.

Qualifications:

• Degree, Post-Graduate or Masters in Planning or related subject
• Eligible for Membership of RTPI

Skills & Experience required:

• Degree level education or proven equivalent level of technical and organisational knowledge in own specific field.
• Evidence of working on major and complex cases.
• Able to demonstrate an excellent knowledge of planning legislation and regulations.
• Presenting evidence at Public Inquiries and Court proceedings
• Experience of dealing with major development proposals through the planning process including experience in leading and planning negotiations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as case officer on complex planning applications with often competing material considerations and some controversial applications including associated appeals work.
• Undertake site inspections, attend site meetings including formal Committee Site Visits.
• Preparation of appeal statements, proofs of evidence, statements of common ground and attendance at Public Inquiries and Hearings as the Authority’s Planning Witness as required.
• To negotiate community benefits from development proposals through legal agreements in line with Council policies including section 106 obligations and/or Community Infrastructure Levy payments.
• Investigate and reply to queries and complaints about the planning service made under the Council’s corporate complaints policy and Ombudsman investigations when required.

Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV.

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Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you do not hear from us within three working days, unfortunately your application has not been shortlisted on this occasion. Thank you for your interest in working with us.