JOB TITLE: Planning Officer
LOCATION: Twickenham, TW1 3BZ, Hybrid working, candidate required to attend office and complete site visits
PAY RATE: 17.56PAYE / 26 Umbrella per hour
START DATE: ASAP
DURATION/Hours: 3-month initial contract/ 36 hours a week
IR35 STATUS: Inside

Job purpose:

To deliver high quality, robust and transparent decision making within tight time frames to ensure that the Planning Service is recognised as delivering an excellent planning service for all our customers. To independently manage a caseload of a number of complex and/or high-profile planning applications, pre-application advice requests and correspondence to agreed and identifiable time scales and delivering a well-reasoned officer recommendation which delivers a successful planning outcome.

To coach and supervise junior planning officers to help them acquire the skills and knowledge so they are able to be self-reliant in dealing with technical and people issues.

Duties:

Work on a range of development management case work including, preapplication advice, the processing of planning applications, Certificate of Lawfulness, prior notification and advertisement applications, ensuring that these are effectively and efficiently carried out to identifiable deadlines in a manner that is consistent with planning policy and is successful in meeting corporate targets and objectives.
Assess, negotiate and set out clear and robust recommendations in an accurate, well written officer report based on relevant planning policies and other material considerations.
Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation and to take a proactive approach to relevant changes in legislation.
Ensure that the electronic copy of the planning application, pre-application advice and correspondence is the master copy and that all electronic and paper copies of your own case work is up-to-date before any decision is made.
Provide advice and guidance in response to planning best practice, procedure or policy within a legal/organisational policy framework.
Ensure that service-wide and corporate performance indicators, targets and customer service standards are met for the full range of the workload.
To lead on the preparation of evidence for written representation appeals.
To ensure that the electronic copy of the planning application, pre-application advice and correspondence is the master copy and that all electronic and paper copies of your own case work and that of the supervised staff is up-to-date before any decision is made.

Knowledge, skills & experience:

Developing knowledge and understanding of Planning Legislation, policy guidance and circulars, practice and case law and the ability to apply that knowledge in negotiating and delivering highly complex and high risk planning applications within agreed timeframes in order to deliver a responsive, high quality at speed Development Management Service.
Knowledge and understanding of effective customer relations and customer care practices.
Experience in local government policy work including preparation of development plan documents or equivalents.
Clear understanding of IT systems generally including Microsoft Office, measuring software and planning database system and document management systems.
Understanding of the need to negotiate and deliver planning and other consent applications within agreed timeframes in order to deliver a responsive, high-quality service at speed Development Management Service.
A degree in planning or other appropriate professional qualification and a member of the RTPI or eligible for or working toward full membership.

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