Planning Officer
- Employer
- London Borough of Croydon
- Location
- Croydon, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Grade 6-8 (£27,978 - £34,209)
- Closing date
- 24 Oct 2021
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- Sector
- Central Government, Local Authority, Public sector
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Job Level
- Planner, Senior
- Specialism
- Planning
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 Role
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.
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
Closing date 24 October at 11:59pm
Planning Officer £27,978 - £34,209 plus a Market Supplement of £3,168
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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.
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