As one of London’s largest and most diverse boroughs, Croydon is a fantastic place to live, work and spend time, with all the benefits of close proximity to the rest of London and the south east.

Over the past decade we have seen huge investment, regeneration and growth in our Borough. Croydon remains an attractive and important part of London for ongoing growth and investment – growth from which we want to see all our communities benefit.

However, as a council the impacts of the pandemic, austerity and our current financial challenges has brought significant changes to the way we operate and the resources available. We must change to focus on the needs our residents are facing today, while making sure we are a financially sustainable council by 2024.

This brings though, opportunities for those who want to work in a fast moving environment, focused on improvement and delivering better services. With a newly appointed Chief Executive bringing stability and inclusive leadership, Croydon is an exciting place to work, however, it isn’t for the faint hearted. You will need to be ambitious, passionate about planning, demonstrate strong personal responsibility and a desire to deliver great places.

We have a great planning management team, who lead, inspire and believe in Croydon.  If you want a challenge with great job satisfaction, there is no better opportunity than Croydon.

Click here to here what our staff say about why they love working at Croydon.

Ross - https://youtu.be/Y1XuA5jt5zk

Jamar - https://youtu.be/ymicZUQsc6E

Grace - https://youtu.be/rysO2bACU54

Nicola - https://youtu.be/80m5go_b1lk

Chris - https://youtu.be/IHg9YF5v-rI

If you would like to discuss further these roles and how you could fit into the team, please contact;

Helen Furnell helen.furnell@croydon.gov.uk  or Nicola Townsend Nicola.townsend@croydon.gov.uk

About the Roles

As a result of the ambitions for the Borough we are looking to increase our permanent staff complement to allow us to further enhance service delivery for our customers and to focus specifically on the realisation of sustainable growth, firmly embedded in high standards of design and the maximisation of social, economic and environmental benefits.

You will work in a vibrant and busy Development Management Service and will be responsible for progressing and determining a wide variety of planning applications, appeals and pre application enquiries.

Croydon is a varied Borough and officers have the opportunity to we deal with a whole spectrum of planning applications from green belt proposals to large mixed use urban developments.  On a day to day basis you will be responsible for managing your own case load of planning applications, pre applications and appeals. This includes validating planning applications, undertaking site visits, working in mutli-disciplinary teams to assess proposals, negotiating with developers, responding to queries from members of the public and making recommendations on Planning applications. A successful candidate will have to be a talented, enthusiastic, motivated and knowledgeable individual who demonstrates a good understanding of planning policy and development management legislation, have good written and verbal communication skills and to be able to work to strict deadlines.

We run regular training and development sessions on a wide range of planning and development matters, bringing in external speakers as well as in house experts and we encourage staff to take part in the organisation and topic selection. Each and every one of our staff play a vital role in delivering a planning service, if you enjoy making a difference, being part of a team and love planning, - Croydon delivers.

We would welcome applications from across our career grade from newly qualified planners to those looking to expand on their experience. Due to the number of large scale and strategic applications received across the Borough we are also keen to recruit staff with experience in dealing with Major schemes

Working for Croydon

Up to 31 Days annual leave (depending on length of service) plus Bank Holidays

Pension – Local Government Pension Scheme

Flexible working arrangements available

Career development/learning/training opportunities

We also promote professional membership of the RTPI and cover the associated costs

Employee Assistance Programme – Providing advice and Counselling

Career development/learning/training opportunities

Senior Planning Officers £34,209 - £40,869 (plus a Market Supplement of £3785)

View the Senior Planning Officer role profile

Closing date 24 October 11:59pm

Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding Statement

Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.