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Principal Planning Officer

Employer
Macdonald & Company
Location
England, North Yorkshire
Salary
Up to £45 per hour + Umbrella Company
Closing date
22 May 2019
Reference
BBBH37848

Job Details

A great opportunity has arisen for a Principal Planning Officer to join an expanding Development Control team at a local authority based in Yorkshire.

The council is working on a major residential development project which aims to increase the volume of affordable housing in the area within the next 4+ years.

How your day will look:

  • Managing a mixed caseload of minor, complex medium and up to strategic major applications consisting of residential, commercial use, change of use and large scale mixed use
  • Attend site visits
  • Conduct pre application meetings
  • Take on meetings with architects, leading developers and external consultants
  • Prepare detailed committee reports
  • Negotiate the discharge of conditions and reserved matter applications
  • Conducting duty planning
  • Negotiate s106 agreements

Desired:

  • UK Driving licence

Requirements:

  • A degree in Town & Country planning or an affiliated subject
  • Experience as a Development Control Officer at a UK practical planning authority
  • Great communication and report writing skills.

This role is for an initial period of 3 months with a view to extend, they also offer flexible working days which can be compressed to three days in the office with two from home.

If you would like to be put forward for this role please contact Talissa Mbewe at Macdonald & Company on either 020 7318 5877 or email

Company

Macdonald & Company is the leading professional recruitment consultancy for the real estate, built environment, energy and environmental sectors. Established in 1994 and headquartered in the UK, we apply local knowledge with true global connection through our offices in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.

Within the Planning team we recruit at all levels, from Graduate to Head of Planning roles for a number of different consultancies, housebuilders, developers, landowners, charitable trusts and local planning authorities.

Our specialist teams act for every class  of organisation owning, occupying, financing or advising on property, construction and engineering – developers, investors, institutions, funds, banks, consultancies and contractors. We are the preferred recruitment partner of RICS - the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange quoted Prime People Plc.

“People make the difference. We connect you to that difference.

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Telephone
0207 318 5263

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