Senior Design and Heritage Officer

Carrington West are assisting their London based local authority client in the search for a Senior Sustainable Design And Heritage Officer to join their town planning department on a 3-6 month rolling contract.
 
Duties include:
·To provide advice to applicants, including observations on pre-app and planning applications and conservation area consents, and negotiate on standalone listed building consent applications, recommending the most appropriate course of action
·To process pre-apps, listed building consents and planning applications in an efficient manner and ensuring timely service to Development Management.
·To advise third parties about conservation and urban design matters and to advise them of the scope of listed building control, including assisting as necessary in the Customer Service Centre to ensure the highest levels of customer service.
·To draft reports (including recommendation for grant or refusal of applications and taking/not taking enforcement action) for submission to planning committee or for delegation to the Head of Development Management/ Head of Spatial Planning or the Director of Planning and Place.
·To prepare statements and other materials for appeals and prosecutions for agreement by the Team Leader and/or Head of Development Management/ Head of Spatial Planning.
·Represent the Design and Heritage service at meetings with other services, groups, Council departments, Government departments, statutory bodies, developers, community and other groups, and the public.
·To instruct and lead formal enforcement action where authorised
·Keeping applicants, complainants, colleagues, councillors and others informed of the position of current cases and to share knowledge where necessary.
·Such other relevant duties as may be from time to time allocated by the Team Leader.
 
To apply for this roles, it is essential that you have worked as a Conservation Officer in a local authority planning department. The successful candidates must have good fundamental and technical knowledge and understanding.
 
It would be beneficial to hold a Post-graduate degree in planning, regeneration or a related discipline, and have the eligibility for membership of RTPI.
 
Carrington West Pay Rate - £40-£45per/hour
Job Ref - 57616
 
Please call Cameron de Wit on (phone number removed) for a confidential discussion on this role, or email myself or our planning team if you are short of time to chat:
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Carrington West's dedicated Town Planning Recruitment Team supply clients UK wide on both a permanent and contract basis and all levels of seniority. If this role is too senior, too junior or in a location that is unsuitable, but you are keen on options, please still feel free to apply and we can discuss other, often unadvertised roles with you.