Town Planner

Senior Planner / Town Planner
Start: ASAP
Duration: 6 months initially
Rate: Inside IR35
Hybrid Working Arrangement: 1 Day a week onsite

Responsibilities:
• Support the NELC statutory planning function by managing a caseload of complex planning applications, including preparing accurate and concise reports, attending committee and preparing appeal statements
• Provide development management advice to customers, including applicants, developers, consultees and objectors, both verbally and in writing and through the pre-application advice service
• Engage with and process development consent orders on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects including representing the Council as Local Planning Authority at Public Hearings
• Negotiate with developers to secure planning gains, such as more appropriate designs
• Ensure performance information is accurate and capable of satisfying appropriate audit procedures
• Assist in the negotiation and delivery of Section 106 Legal Agreements
• Provide planning input to Council strategies e.g. Housing Strategy, Local transport Plan, Urban Renaissance, economic regeneration
• Deputise for Development Manager as appropriate and necessary and provide necessary cover within the team to ensure the effective delivery of the service

Requirements:
• At least 3 years experience of working within a Town Planning Environment
• Have experience of drafting Committee reports and making professional recommendations
• Have experience of planning appeals
• You will have a Planning degree or be working towards a degree and have or be working towards full Chartered membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
• You will have worked on schemes requiring robust and innovative approaches to sensitive or potentially contentious issues

If you are interested in this role please do apply!